World Puzzle Championship
- World Puzzle Championship
The World Puzzle Championship is an annual international puzzle competition run by the World Puzzle Federation. The first one was held in New York in 1992. All the puzzles in the competition are designed to be language- and culture-neutral.
National teams are determined by local affiliates of the World Puzzle Federation. Of the 16 championships held between 1992 and 2007, 10 have been won by the U.S. team (1992, 1995, 1996, 1998-2001, 2004, 2006, 2007), 3 by the Czech Republic (1993, 1994, 1997), 1 by Japan (2002), and 2 by Germany (2003, 2005). The 2008 championship will be held in Minsk - Belarus.
Past Locations:
As of January 2008, 43 countries are members of the World Puzzle Federation.
ome classical puzzle used at WPC
Incomplete list, in alphabetical order.
*Balance
*Battleship
*Fillomino
*Hitori
*Kakuro
*Nonogram
*Number_Link
*Slitherlink
*Sudoku and many variants
External links
* [http://www.worldpuzzle.org/championships/index.html Official web site]
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