Sudoku - Sudoku Challenge by which your newspaper?

Many people recognize the benefits of the leadership of their brain is exercised and for most of a daily Sudoku Challenge is fun and interesting to do. Where did this come from and how it has mystery and develop in the format we all know and love? In this article we will discover the history of Sudoku.

The game, which we all know what Sudoku is a relatively recent invention, but can be traced further back to mathematician Leonhard Euler, Swiss, after studying The ancient Chinese "magic square" has begun the construction of the puzzle called Latin Squares in the late 18. Century. These were not actually produced as an enigma, rather than mathematical curiosity.

We must go forward 200 years ago, the terms Latin Squares was the forerunner of Sudoku puzzles.

published in 1979, Dell Magazines in the United States, which is called "Number Place puzzles. This was the first incarnation of what we call today> Sudoku and Garnes was awarded a former architect Howard.

How did that become a Sudoku Number Place?

In April 1984 the Japanese company Nikoli published a series of puzzles is the first time in one of his publications, "Monthly Nikolist. Entitles this game Suuji dokushin kagiru ni wa ', because it was a bit' of a mouthful, and then "Su Doku abbreviated" which roughly means "single number". It was then that some have come from Sudokuthe rules that govern the puzzle today, like the fact that the puzzle can not be more than 32 given numbers to start. Nikoli, the Japanese still hold copyright on the name "Sudoku" and someone who publishes in Japan they call them something else.

The growing popularity of Sudoku was only the progress of computers, however.

In 1989, the first computer game Sudoku, the computer has been launched for the Commodore 64 This wascalled "Digihunt. This is still a size a bit 'different.

Ten years later, Wayne Gould, a retired judge was asked to develop a program that generates Sudoku puzzles of automation. In 2004 he convinced the Times newspaper in Britain, run on a daily puzzle. The first was published in November 2004. Hence the enthusiasm around the world with almost every newspaper is a daily challenge and is fully exploded Suduko newsSudoku books for sale. There are also dedicated to mobile applications and online versions Suduko game.