THE WORLD PUZZLE NEWSLETTER 6 Official publication of the World Puzzle Federation

The Puzzle Star This is the name of the traveling trophy given to the winning team at the yearly World Puzzle Championship, organized under the auspices of the World Puzzle Federation. It was commissioned by the organizers of the 1995 WPC in Romania from the Romanian sculptor Alexandru Ghidius. It has a granite base and a Lucite top, which is many-layered and has World Puzzle Federation Head office wonderful internal reflections as a result. Kruislaan 419 News Invitation to the WPC 2001 in Brno, Czech Republic 1098 VA Amsterdam Directing the WPC 2000 Hosting Puzzlers Around the World The Netherlands with the WPC The Dirty Little Secrets of the 9th WPC Interview Tel/Fax: +31.20.8884643 E-mail: [email protected] with Ulrich Voigt, World Puzzle Champion Selected Puzzles from Internet: www.worldpuzzle.org the 9th WPC Individual and team results; all team photos Minutes General Assembly 2000 of the WPF in Stamford, USA Report WPF 2000 Finances WPF 2000 Famous Puzzle-

“The Puzzle Star” makers: Sam Loyd Members section Address: Kruislaan 419 1098 VA Amsterdam The WORLD PUZZLE NEWSLETTER 6 The Netherlands Official publication of the World Puzzle Federation Tel/Fax: +31.20.8884643 E-mail: Ovidiu Sperlea (left) and [email protected] Cristea Ionita at Stamford Internet: WPC. We thank them for the CONTENTS www.worldpuzzle.org first five Newsletters and the 2 News Puzzle Star. 4 Invitation to the WPC 2001 in Brno, Czech Republic WPC 2000 in Stamford, USA 6 Directing the WPC 2000 by Will Shortz Editorial 7 Hosting Puzzlers by Helene Hovanec This is the first World Puzzle Newsletter not to be edited and produced by 8 Around the World with the WPC Ovidiu Sperlea, who founded the publication in 1996. Ovidiu began the by Nancy Schuster newsletter out of a personal desire to further the international puzzle move- 10 The Dirty Little Secrets of the 9th ment and to provide a permanent record of the World Puzzle Championship. WPCby Nick Baxter Together with Cristea Ionita, the publisher of Romania’s Ecran Magazin, he put out five issues, financed partly with his own money, while simultaneously 12 Interview with Ulrich Voigt, World carrying on a full-time job. This was a tremendous achievement, for which Puzzle Champion puzzlers everywhere thank him. by Peter Ritmeester Because this is the first issue since the great 2000 WPC in Stamford, much 14 Selected Puzzles from the 9th WPC of the newsletter will cover last year’s championship. The WPC section begins by Nick Baxter on page 6 with a short article by Will Shortz, who founded the WPC in 1992 18 Individual and team results; and directed it again last year. Without Will, this WPC would not have been all team photos possible, as he put an impressive amount of personal time and money into it. General Assembly 2000 of the Following that are articles by Will’s associates Helene Hovanec, Nancy WPF in Stamford, USA Schuster, and Nick Baxter (for the entire crew, see also photo on page 21), who provide their own behind-the-scenes views of the event. Their efforts last year 22 General Assembly Minutes will help future organisers immeasurably, as a record 22 countries (from all by Will Shortz continents but Africa) competed, and many other useful puzzle contacts were 26 WPF 2000 Activities made besides. by Peter Ritmeester Elsewhere in this issue you’ll find information on the upcoming WPC in 27 WPF 2000 Finances Brno (page 4), and the start of a new series on “Famous Puzzlemakers” by Will by Rob Geensen (page 28). This time Will writes about Sam Loyd – and presents a “lost” Loyd 28 Famous Puzzlemakers puzzle that has not been seen for almost a century! by Will Shortz The section “Hot Lines” has been replaced by a “Membership” section (page 30 30). Here you’ll find a listing of all current WPF members as well as informa- Membership: How and Why to tion on how to join. The transition from a friendly but arbitrary list of individ- become a member. The WORLD PUZZLE ual puzzlers around the world to a roster of official representative legal bodies List of current members. NEWSLETTER in each country is the logical result of the WPF’s ongoing professionalization. Official publication of the After you have finished this issue, please let us know what you think. World Puzzle Federation What is good, what is bad, and what would you like to see in the newsletter in the future? Your comments will help us improve. The members of the organizing committee WPC Editor World Puzzle Federation Our aim is to publish two issues next year, beginning with issue #7, 2000 in Stamford, USA. From left to right: Peter Ritmeester The World Puzzle Federation is an association of legal bodies with an interest in for which the editorial deadline is January 15, 2002. It will Will Shortz (director), Nancy Schuster (communi- [email protected] puzzles. Only one member per country can belong to the WPF. The WPF follows feature articles about the upcoming WPC in Brno as well as news of cations director), Helene Hovanec (coordinator) the Olympic standard in what constitutes a country. Information on present other puzzle activities around the world. For this we’ll need your and Nick Baxter (competition director). Copy Editors members and criteria for membership can be found in the members section on cooperation. If you participate in – or organize – puzzle Will Shortz pages 30-31 of this issue. competitions or events in your country, and you think these Nancy Schuster would interest other puzzlers worldwide, please let us know. Goals of the World Puzzle Federation are: Articles do not need to be in polished English. We will be happy Newsletter Design • to provide the means for an international exchange of puzzle ideas to revise them, if necessary. Please e-mail your comments or Ivo van IJzendoorn • to stimulate innovations in the field of puzzles news items to [email protected]. • to supervise the annual World Puzzle Championship (WPC) and other puzzle WPF Logo Design activities Michael Douma • to foster friendship among puzzle enthusiasts world-wide Good puzzling!

Printing Chairman: Will Shortz (USA) Peter Ritmeester General Secretary: Peter Ritmeester (The Netherlands) PlantijnCasparie Almere Editor and General Secretary WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 1 News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News • News

THE KING OF LOGICAL PUZZLES U.S./Canada Qualifying Test The top American solver was Roger Barkan, who, astonishingly, I am sorry to have to tell you that the Czech king of logical puzzles, More than 600 puzzle solvers from 36 correctly solved 23 of the 24 puzzles (scoring 325 of a possible 345 Jaroslav Müller, has passed away. In spite of all the sorrow it is countries took part in the online points). Roger, 21, is a recent graduate of Harvard University, where necessary to remember him with a smile on our faces. Wherever he U.S./Canada WPC Qualifying Test on he studied computers. He’ll join the returning U.S. team members appeared good atmosphere was established and smiles appeared Saturday, June 9. Directed by Nick Baxter, Wei-Hwa Huang, Zack Butler, and Ron Osher, who earned automatic across faces, even across the most gloomy faces. He had an unforget- the captain of Team USA, the test consist- places on the 2001 team because of their WPC performance last year. table gift of humor and quick wit. Those who participated in puzzle ed of 24 puzzles, including “Battleships,” The top Canadian solvers were Derek Kisman (250 points) and championships know it because Jaroslav Müller attended them “Minesweeper,” “Cross Sums,” novel Byron Calver (215). The top foreign solvers were David McNeill of since 1993. mazes, picture-matching, a crisscross, Northern Ireland (265) and Niels Roest of the Netherlands (260). He was a supreme master at forming logical puzzles not only in and several puzzle types never seen before. Contestants had 2 Besides the U.S. and Canada, the greatest number of contest- the Czech Republic but also beyond the borders of our country. He 1 /2 hours, begin- ants came from Turkey (53), India (41), and Romania (29). One was one of the main constructors of the 2nd World Puzzle Champi- ning at 13:00 New York time, to solve as contestant each came from Brunei, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, South onship in Brno in 1993 and for qualification tournaments in all many of the puzzles as possible and sub- Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. In age, 61% of the contest- the subsequent world championships. His performance in forming mit their answers. The instructions were ants were between 22 and 40, but three were under 14 and a giant magic square in the shortest time has been registered in the in English, but these were provided to two were over 70. Guinness Book of Records. He gained the master qualification class contestants 24 hours before the test be- The U.S./Canada test is still available at the WPC/USA website, of the Union of Czech Puzzlers in authorship of logical puzzles. gan, so that non-English speakers could www.puzzles-usa.org, where anyone can still download and play it. Regrettably he did not live to see the 10th World Puzzle Champi- have the instructions translated and The test is free. Full results and solving statistics can also be found onship 2001 that will take place in Brno this year. He lived for it compete equally with everyone else. at the site. for a very long time and he prepared many beautiful and original Will Shortz, USA puzzles for it. Jaroslav showed the very good spirit of championship Qualifying for Brno: competition and the world puzzle movement. His death is a griev- Dutch Championship 2001 ous loss not only for puzzlers of the Czech Republic but also for the Bulgaria World Puzzle Federation. Let’s remember him with love and re- Like last year, Dutch member Puzzel- Our newest member is Bulgaria. The sport offered the puzzles of the Dutch spect, and smile, as he would surely wish. This is how we can representing organization is the Bulgar- honor his memory. Championship to other WPF members, Vítezslav Koudelka, Czech Republic ian branch of Mensa, the well-known for them to use in their own qualifying organization of intelligent people. tests. Last year Germany and Belgium Honorary President of In memoriam: made use of this, and this year Korea Mensa/Bulgaria is Mrs. Jaroslav Müller and Hungary. On June 16 in Hoofddorp, Rossy Alexieva. near Amsterdam, the 50 best of the preliminaries had to solve 42 puzzles in 6 rounds, for a total of 270 minutes. Winner was – like last year – Niels Roest. WPC 2002 Oulu, Finland In second to fourth place were Delia During the General Assembly in Keetman, Tim Peeters and Jan Beelen, Stamford, Finland was selected as which means that the Dutch team host country for the World Puzzle WPC 2000 Stamford, USA will consist entirely of familiar faces. Championship 2002. The site will be For the first time, we have a World Puzzle Champion from WPF members interested in using Oulu, the country’s second largest city. Germany: 24-year-old math student Ulrich Voigt (left). Dutch puzzles for their qualifying It is situated in the center of Finland, He overtook favorite and reigning champion Wei-Hwa Huang tests in 2002 should contact Rob just 100 miles south of the polar circle! (center) and Niels Roest in a thrilling final. A lot more on Geensen ([email protected]). this great WPC on pages 8-21. Rob Geensen, The Netherlands

Round 1 Logo contest presentation of an earlier logo design, Finally, after almost two years, the WPF which was turned down by the General has a logo. The logo was designed by Assembly in Stamford (article, page 22). Michael Douma, a professional designer We had to start all over again, which accepted proposal from the USA. He was suggested for the resulted in a lot of entries. After contest by former champion Wei-Hwa extensive consultations with experts, Huang, his friend ever since high school. the choices were narrowed down by the The color of the logo will not be fixed. board to selections for round 2. We will use green on letterheads, busi- Finally the board decided on Round 2 ness cards and newsletters. But in adver- Michael’s logo to become the official tisements we might use red because that logo. The proposal was mailed to all attracts more attention. Puzzle books members and accepted by voting (yes printed in one colour can, for instance, 11, no 2, abstention 3). More on the logo use that colour too with the logo. contest is to be found on our website at This logo contest resulted from the www.worldpuzzle.org/news/logos.htm.

2 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 3 THE 10TH WORLD PUZZLE CHAMPIONSHIP Some details of the program might Schedule of the 10TH be specified or altered. A surprise is possible. Visit www.worldpuzzle.org or: 2001: A Puzzle Odyssey for the latest details. WORLD PUZZLE

Brno. It was here where puzzlers met Organizational information CHAMPIONSHIP at such an international level for the 1. Participants will individually get to October 8 (Monday): first time. Brno. Possibilities can be consulted Arrival all day in Brno. Some with the organizers. contestants will be met at the air- Interenigma appeared to be a 2. The WPC participants will be accom- port (Prague) and brought to hotel. viable idea for the future organiza- modated in the Holiday Inn Hotel Welcome party in the evening. tion of puzzle championships. That near the center of Brno. All the par- October 9 (Tuesday): tradition was set up by our American ticipants will be looked after well, and we believe they will be satisfied Puzzle instructions in the morning. friends. I am convinced that Brno Sightseeing in Brno. Trip to South with the stay. Accommodation in will provide good conditions and Moravia, chateau Lednice. Party in this hotel is booked from October 8 a quality background for the compe- a wine-cellar near Znojmo, with a to October 12, 2001. Other possibili- titions of the 10th World Puzzle wine-tasting competition (not very ties can be arranged with the organ- official) Championship, the sitting of the izers individually. A hotel room can World Congress, and a cultural and be shared by two people. It is pos- October 10 (Wednesday): social program. The organizing sible to arrange accommodation of Competition in the morning and committee of the WPC 2001 will do one person in a double room with a afternoon. Free time or optional program in the evening. its best to fulfill this promise. surcharge of $100. Rooms are On behalf of the 2001 World Puzzle Cham- Brno - the site of the 10th WPC fitted with TVs, Internet connection, October 11 (Thursday): pionship organizing committee, we would Brno is the second-largest town of and minibars. A fitness center and Competition in the morning and the Czech Republic and the largest sauna are available. Competitions afternoon. Free time or optional like to invite you to the Czech Republic. The town of the region called Moravia. will take place in the congress hall program in the evening. 10th World Puzzle Championship Brno has 400,000 inhabitants. of the hotel. October 12 (Friday): It is an important Central 3. On October 13, accommodation in Team competition in the morning. and the World Congress will be European industrial Prague is booked for the excursion- Awards ceremony and farewell and exhibition center. ists to Prague. The visit to Prague party in the evening. held October 8-13, 2001 in Brno. Nearby are Brno Lake will take place after the official Up to October 13 (Saturday): closing ceremony of the champion- by Vítezslav Koudelka, Brno has the honor and the famous Departure to Prague. Sightseeing in ship and does not influence the cost Czech Republic of being the organiz- Masarykuv okruh, Prague. Surprise. of attendance. er of this supreme where the Grand October 14 (Sunday): Prix races of motor- 4. The basic cost of attendance for each Bye bye from Prague. puzzle event for the competitor and team captain is second time. There are bikes are held. Also in The 2001 WPC organizing the area is the Moravian $400. The basic cost of attendance committee certainly many people among for other participants is $600. A karst with a number of caves Director: Vítezslav Koudelka the world championship partici- single room costs $100 extra, as stat- pants who remember the 1993 and natural objects of interest. Competitor director: Zdenek The ancient city of Brno was ed above. These fees cover accom- Chromy World Puzzle Championship just modations October 8-13 in Brno and founded in the 11th century as an Members: Gita Fuchsova, Ljubica in Brno. Brno is a very important in Prague, as well as meals and the important trade crossroads. The Participants will be accom- and Hana Koudelkova, † Jaroslav industrial, cultural, sporting, and cultural and social program. center of Brno has been declared an modated in the Holiday Inn Müller, Vera Stankova social center. It is also a prominent 5. We will be pleased to arrange Hotel near the center of Brno. puzzle center with a long tradition. urban conservation area because of accommodations for around the In 1989 a very important event, the its many historical buildings. The Czech Republic both after and International Crossword Marathon dominant feature is the Cathedral before the championship for the and the competition in logical of St. Peter and Paul, founded in the participants. Interested persons puzzles Interenigma was held in 12th century. The Spilberk Castle, must inform us in advance. We will founded in the 13th century, towers also fulfill all demands and requests above. concerning the whole stay in the Currently, Brno is a modern town Czech Republic. with many hotels, theaters, and 6. The main organizer of the 10th cultural premises. It is connected World Puzzle Championship is KIRA with Prague by D1 highway. The Publishing House in cooperation journey from Prague to Brno and with the Union of Czech Puzzlers. vice versa takes approximately two All correspondence should be hours. Brno is ready to reveal both directed to: Vítezslav Koudelka, its historical and up-to-date face to Kachlikova 2, POB 33, 635 00 the 10th WPC competitors. Welcome Brno, Czech Republic, tel. and fax: ++42 05 46 21 01 75, 4 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 to Brno, dear puzzle friends! WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 5 e-mail: [email protected] Directing the WPC 2000 by Will Shortz, USA Hosting puzzlers From left to right: Stephanie Osher, Dannel P. Malloy (mayor of Stamford), Will Shortz and The dictionary defines host as “one that receives 1994 champ Ron Osher. The Oshers were so or entertains guests socially, commercially, or kind to host the farewell party at their house. officially.” I think that’s a great description of my Belgium, Colombia, France, India, role at the 9th WPC. by Helene Hovanec, USA Peru, Switzerland, U.K., and the return of Argentina; I had honed my entertaining skills by b) The new playoff round at the end hosting several National Puzzlers’ League of the championship, which was conventions and the first WPC in New genuinely exciting, and I think York City in 1992 (all of these organized holds great promise for improved with Will Shortz, the director of the 2000 publicity for the event in the future; WPC). I love to meet new people and c) The graduated rates for participa- make new friends. And I’m happy to tion, depending on the number say that the WPC attendees who first of people sharing a room, which ventured into this new arena in 1992 significantly lowered the cost for are among some of my best friends. some countries and provided the The 2000 WPC was a little different. They say every criminal returns to difference that made it possible For one thing, we had so many more at- tendees. As I was driving from my house for them to attend. the scene of his crime. Perhaps this in Princeton, New Jersey to the hotel in is why, after creating and directing the Stamford, Connecticut for the event, I Disappointments: realized that there would be loads of first World Puzzle Championship in 1992, a) Visa problems that kept some new people whom I had never met. Since worthy contestants from attending; I’ve been accused (by my oldest son) of I volunteered to do it again in 2000. b) Weak publicity; “being able to go into a room full of Helene welcoming the Turk- c) Insufficient sponsorship, which strangers and talk to anyone about ish delegation. In the middle The second time around, frankly, was meant that the event’s income did anything,” I really wasn’t nervous. constant communication with each Kamer Alyanakyan, the only much harder, partly because of the size not fully meet expenses. So, when people started to arrive, other and being flexible with the of the event, which was one day longer I kissed and hugged those I knew from schedule. Will, Nancy, Nick Baxter (the person on this planet who than in 1992 and involved twice as If the U.S. ever hosts the WPC past WPCs and extended my hand with maven behind the actual competition), competed in all nine WPC’s. many people; but mainly because we again, there should be people involved a warm handshake to the newcomers. and I immediately discussed any prob- didn’t have the staff and resources of whose only job is to seek sponsorship I made sure that I had something to lems brought to our attention. For Games magazine to draw on, as we and publicity. give each person – a tote bag containing example, an attendee complained about did eight years before. The 2000 WPC The best part of directing a WPC is books, schedules and sample puzzles; a his exorbitant phone bill and we got the manager to talk to him; we had the was entirely planned and organized making and renewing friendships of name tag; information about checking chef make different entrees for the by a group of independent puzzle puzzlers from diverse cultures around into the hotel; and, of course, the candy. vegetarians who didn’t like the food; we enthusiasts working from their homes the world. The WPC attracts some of arranged for transportation to and from scattered 3,000 miles apart. the brightest, most talented, and most I also had a wonderful support group the train for people who were unable to But what a group! Nick Baxter interesting people on the planet, and with me at the registration desk – Nancy walk the distance; we reimbursed people A final check before commissioned, compiled, and designed it was a pleasure just to be part of this Schuster who, along with Will, was who had to spend their own money to 1 responsible for recruiting so many new the finals 2/2 days’ worth of first-class champi- remarkable event. get to the hotel, etc. onship puzzles. Helene Hovanec made teams; Stephanie Osher, an extraordinary When the final attendee left the arrangements for the hotel and meals. person who did such a wonderful job as Stamford Marriott Hotel at the end of Nancy Schuster wrote letters, letters, our local liaison; and Marilynn Huret, the the event I was ready for a mini-vacation letters, letters, letters. Stephanie Osher, official photographer. All of us welcomed of my own. I was completely exhausted, Marilynn Huret, Stan Newman, and everyone with equal enthusiasm. but in a wonderful way. I knew that all many others helped in numerous ways. Throughout the event, I made a con- of us on the coordinating committee We all stayed in contact with each certed effort to talk to individual people had done our best to make the WPC a other through e-mail and telephone, on a one-to-one basis. People love to talk success. meeting face-to-face just once during about themselves and a few questions, our year of planning: at the National like “what do you do,” “where do you "we had the chef make Puzzlers’ League convention in San live,” etc., work wonders in getting different entrees for the Francisco in July. In the end the world people to open up. When I was too busy vegetarians who didn’t puzzlers came, and everyone seemed to spend a lot of time with individuals, like the food;..." Always to have a good time. I made sure that I introduced people complaining, those vegs… A tired Will naively thinks he’ll be able to read a to each other, so they could find their The things I’m most proud of are: newspaper during the WPC. commonality. Questions, questions, a) The large number of new countries No chance with all these puzzlers sitting around! There are two main tasks for the coordinating committee: being in questions… that participated: Australia, Taken on the train back to Stamford after the party at the No Idea bar in New York. 6 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 7 Luckily for me, an important source Around the world with the WPC of international puzzle people was Will and Nick Baxter. These two had made or One Year Out of My Life friends all around the puzzle world by their participation in the annual Inter- national Puzzle Party, and I contacted As soon as we returned home from a these people as well, with my (by now) wonderful week at the 8th WPC in Buda- standard letter of invitation and infor- mation. Will also contacted his old pest, the U.S. organizing committee began friend and co-worker Ashley Griffin, to plan the next WPC in Stamford, CT, who had relocated to Australia from the U.S. and was now the editor of puzzle in October 2000. We knew we’d have to magazines there. Ashley gladly formed a team of her staff editors, and her start work immediately, because there was publisher was their sponsor. so much to be done in the year ahead. By purest accident, a Brazilian was required. This went quite smoothly Photographer Marilynn puzzler named Sergio Ximenes posted a for a while, but suddenly problems Huret seems to have no by Nancy Schuster, USA Beside arranging for the puzzles and message to a U.S. crossword newsgroup arose. I had no idea what the U.S. problems communicating the schedule, Director Will Shortz set They all speak English, sort of...: (left to right) Cruciverb.com, and I immediately wrote required for a visa, and we were quite with puzzlers. one other important goal for me in par- Zack Butler (USA), Michael Middleton (Australia) to him. This led to a long exchange of upset that several team members were ticular, which was to make our WPC an and 1992 champion David Samuel (Canada). e-mails, as we tried to enlist his employ- being refused! Time was running out; event of truly world-wide importance – er, a very big publisher in Brazil, as we wrote a second letter with more per- sponsor. The sponsor was so eager to to find as many new teams to partici- gium, who will both be illustrious suasive details; we faxed letters directly participate that he announced he want- pate as possible. “This will be a fun and members from now on. to the consul. Because of the time differ- ed to host the next WPC there in Brazil interesting job for you, and it shouldn’t Then I began to search the websites ence, for several days I climbed out of the next year. But just when we thought involve too much work,” Will said to Will suggested, looking for word game bed at 5 a.m. to telephone directly to the we had succeeded in having him join, me. ;-) sites, recreational math groups, and embassy during their business hours. the entire project fell through! It would places devoted to brain games of any So under Will’s guidance I began to be wonderful if one day we can sign him This effort succeeded for the most kind. I selected one or two people from search the world for teams and spon- up, because it will lead to major repre- part for the Hungarian visas, but sadly, each country listed in these websites sors. There were a few ways to do this: sentation of the WPC in South America. the result was complete refusal from Through websites where puzzle lovers and wrote to them with all the informa- the Kosovo embassy (actually in Skop- tion I mentioned above. I also asked By this time I had 35 folders in the might get together, through puzzle computer of countries that included – je) where no tourist visas of any kind magazines in each country, and them if they knew of any organization were granted last year. For Romania, in their country that I might write to along with our current members – Aus- through personal contacts. tralia, Austria, Brazil, China, Colombia, I reached my own local U.S. Represen- Adam Sumera supplied me with ad- regarding sponsorship. I invited them to tative in Congress and he kindly wrote take part in the U.S. qualifying test, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, dresses of European puzzle magazines a letter directly to the ambassador in to be held online in June 2000, and India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, that were not on sale here in the U.S. Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Nigeria, Bucharest, but to no avail. The entire Adam listed 14 magazines from Italy, suggested some ways they could form a team. Once I struck up a correspondence Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, team were refused visas. On behalf Greece, Belgium, France, Denmark, and South Africa, South Korea, Spain, of the U.S. team, I extend regrets for Spain, and I wrote to all of them, invit- with someone, I mailed him a copy Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, circumstances beyond our control. ing the editors to form teams and join of the WPC book of puzzles we had published here in the U.S. or the latest and Vietnam. The major reason most In looking back over the year, the competition. I described the events of these countries didn’t join was of the week of the tournament, WPC WPF newsletter. I want to thank every one of you for Will knew of Michael Curl’s excellent because they couldn’t round up other being such friendly guests in Stamford history and our parent WPF, and team members or find a sponsor, with referred them to our websites for more website of puzzles called Thinks.com in and for appreciating our efforts to Great Britain. Michael or without our help. make a successful competition. It was information. This approach led to By the late summer it was time for success only with the company Keesing, became enthusiastic about forming a wonderful to meet you all in person. team, and publicized the WPC on his visa applications. I needed to send a let- Will may have been wrong about the but that was a very big success! Keesing ter of invitation to be taken to the U.S. sponsored two teams, France and Bel- site. Eventually Michael became the amount of work the event involved, sponsor of the British team. We also embassy for each country where a visa but he was so right about it being fun found Mukul Sharma of India, who runs The result of Nancy’s and interesting! a puzzle column in Indian newspapers. Four other first-time appearances: Australia, France, Belgium and India (from left to right). writing and writing: He announced the competition in his Felix Maldonado (Peru) column, and because of the publicity the and Bernardo Recamán Indian team was eventually formed. (Colombia). I wrote to everyone who had found the WPC and WPF websites by them- selves and who had asked for more infor- mation about the qualifying test. In this way single-member teams from Peru (Fe- lix Maldonado) and Colombia (Bernardo Recamán) came to join us in Stamford.

8 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 9 critical issue was to devise a fair and The Dirty Little Secretsof the 9th WPC meaningful scoring system that empha- sizes the final round, gives everyone in- The organizers of the 9th WPC in Stamford volved a chance to win, but also accounts for the performances of the previous two erage solver had a much worse time of it. this past October were very gratified to re- days. For the WPC, I realized that I had to Based on the principle that the entire ceive so many compliments. One of forget about what Wei-Hwa could do, competition is time-limited, it seemed and focus on the mere mortals. I learned fair to allocate time based on the points the more frequent comments was that we from the near disaster a year ago, and earned in the previous rounds. If the figured out how to allocate time properly all looked so calm and relaxed. Well, we final round puzzles are of comparable so that most competitors had plenty of was to skip part “IX", and to have part difficulty, all should be fine. We then may have looked relaxed, but that was time to both solve and enjoy the puzzles. Puzzlers at work on “X” immediately follow part “XIII". In sampled results from recent years to In July, when I was just starting to solutions to the puzzles probably because we were too busy or the end we decided this would be too check that our algorithm produced plan the overall organization of the test, that came. obscure and confusing. reasonable results. And it did. by Nick Baxter, USA too tired to be worried! I thought to myself that it would again So now I can pose the problem: What pos- As has been reported elsewhere, be nice to have variations of a popular sible reason is there for skipping “IX” in the Wei-Hwa Huang surprised everyone with sequence of part numbers? an unprecedented performance over the I consciously decided on fewer exam- first two days, scoring 37% more than ples for the instruction booklet, with the second place, and 83% more than tenth intent that solvers’ first experience with place. Our first reaction was of dismay some new puzzle styles happen during and disaster – he was going to get almost the competition. Of course the drawback a half hour advantage and probably be is the possibility that people might not finished before the 10th place person fully understand the rules. For this rea- even gets a chance to start! Then it struck son, I had some concern that the rules me – this is still absolutely fair. It may meetings would be long and tedious. not be very suspenseful, but Wei-Hwa As it turned out, we did need more time earned his lead, so let him take advan- than originally planned, but I think it tage of it. And who knows, maybe it will worked out as well as could be expected. still turn out to be interesting. And that it was, thanks to Ulrich Voigt, the new individual champion. Left: Nick answers Each year, I have enjoyed my involve- questions about the What possible reason is ment with the WPC, as a competitor, a puzzles to come. team captain, and now this year as an Right: Puzzlers listening organizer. Even with an important job to Nick answering The emotions of the judging team to do, it is still quite easy to have a good had an inverse relationship to that of the time and enjoy the company of other questions about the As anyone who has organized a WPC or puzzle design, as was done the previous contestants – when the contestants were puzzlers from around the world. Even puzzles to come. similar event knows, it is a major under- year in Hungary with their Battleship there productive and happy, the judges were when fending off disaster every step of taking with many possibilities for fail- Varia. But I had felt that I had already overburdened with work; when the the way. ure. Will Shortz put together a great overused my favorite resource, Erichfor s contestants where overpowered by the If you are still wondering about the team, and we accomplished exactly what Friedman, for many of the Qualifying kipping manipulative puzzles, the judges were Roman numeral puzzle mentioned we set out to do. That is not to say there Test designs. I didn’t think about this gleeful with“IX” inactivity! The original ver- above, here is the answer. If “IX” had wasn’t trouble lurking behind the calm idea again until a week later, when I in t sion of Scott Kim’s Triangles optimiza- been omitted from the part numbering façade. I’d like to now give you a glimpse received unsolicited e-mail from Erich he tionsequence puzzle asked the solver of to cons parttruct numbers? sequence, then the remaining numbers, of parts of the competition that almost saying he also was thinking about Battle- the most triangles of any shape, not just I through VIII and X, would have been in didn’t come off as planned. ship variations. Attached to the casual equilateral triangles. The former design Judges at work reviewing alphabetical order! Yes, it’s little obscure. The first bit of trouble actually goes note was a set of 12 unbelievable puzzles. would have been logistically impossible the solutions to the puzzles back to the previous year. Will and I rein- Part V was finished in one day! to judge, and for that reason I made the that came. stituted the qualifying test to select With the opening day of competition change. As it was, scoring the optimiza- members of the US and Canadian teams. falling on Friday the 13th, it seemed tion puzzles marked the low point in In 1999, Wei-Hwa was exempt from quali- appropriate to throw in a few theme judging room morale; had this earlier fying since he was reigning WPC champi- puzzles for the first round that morning. version of the Triangle puzzle been used, on; but all other former team members This led to the design of the Friday I’m certain all the judges would have had to take the test to get back on the the 13th word search, the Overlay grid quit on the spot! Fortunately, disaster team. This left me with only Wei-Hwa to containing only the number 13, and the was averted. test-solve the test before we actually used black cat paint-by-numbers. And in a The most exciting new idea this year it. When he finished almost the entire fit of triskaidekaphobia, problem 13 was the final round playoff. Will’s vision test in the allotted time, I figured that was skipped altogether! was for something similar to the 3-per- everything was perfect. That was my first I also wanted to include a similar son final round in his annual American mistake! It turned out that during actual trick for numbering the parts of the Crossword Puzzle Tournament. The competition, the best solver (Zack Butler) competition, this time motivated by a completed only half the test; and the av- puzzle rather than mock fear. The plan

10 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 11 the WPC, apart from lots of puzzling. Interview with Ulrich Voigt(German y), There were surely lots of those. It was a very well-organized event, and I en- World Puzzle Champion 2000 joyed participating. I would have en- joyed it even if I hadn’t won. Everyone was really nice, except the officers at As a huge surprise, Ulrich Voigt overtook Newark airport. favorite Wei-Hwa Huang during the nail- What helped me most in my prepa- ration was the book “Mensa Math & biting finals at the WPC in Stamford. It was Logic Puzzles” by Dave Tuller and Michael Rios. Everyone of us got a copy Ulrich’s first appearance at a WPC, and of it before the championship started. probably a lot of us know nothing about To get a feeling for what would come, I often sat down and solved puzzles him. High time for an interview. The inter- from that book. view took place by e-mail, and following is The Competition The German team working tion correctly and missed one clue. a transcription of Ulrich’s answers. After a few rounds I was very sure that I on the Multi-Level Block Without this clue, I had not so much Ulrich during the finals. To his left Niels Roest could achieve a good place, but I never Maze. From left to right: information to work on, therefore .... by Peter Ritmeester (3rd) and Wei-Hwa Huang (2nd) thought I could really win. Wei-Hwa Gerd Prull-Aden, Michael I was first to finish! (The Netherlands) Huang and Niels Roest performed Ley, Markus Gegenheimer, liked as a child: logical puzzles (espe- impressive. Of course I was nervous – Ulrich Voigt. The Finals 1. This is an easy example cially Knights and Knaves, such as in until the first round began. When I saw Before the finals, I was very optimistic. of a retrograde chess many of the Raymond Smullyan books) the puzzles and realized that most of Of course, I did not expect to win (in puzzle, the type of puzzles and retrograde analysis chess puzzles them were solvable, I simply had no fact, I expected Wei-Hwa Huang to solve our new champ likes most. (again, I encountered them in some time to be nervous. all puzzles before I could even start), Smullyan books). but I was very sure I would not fall Mate in 2 Today, I find the Knights and Knaves 2. One of Ulrich’s favourite back any places. When I finished, I was (F. Amelung, 1897) somewhat boring, but if I encounter a puzzles (really difficult one) surprised to see Wei-Hwa delivering his retrograde analysis problem, I sit down last solution. At that moment, I real- Solution: What was Blacks until I solve it. Now, I like any kind of Composed by N. Plaksin ized I could win the whole event; but last move? Obviously not puzzle that can be solved with logical in 1980 of course, I could have made a mistake, Kg6-h6 (touching kings), reasoning, like most of the WPC puz- White to play and draw. too. I don’t think these finals are a also not Kg7-h6, since the zles. But they are hard to find - most good idea. Too much depends on it; white pawn on f6 could not newspapers have puzzles, but usually Solution: 1. 0-0-0 one mistake can ruin the work of two deliver this check. Since the Background only crosswords. This allows Black to mate days (as actually happened). pawn h7 never has moved, I was born in 1976 in a small town near with Qa1, but before that... Blacks last move must have Leipzig. As my parents are both mathe- German Puzzle Championship White can claim a draw ac- Next Year been with the pawn now on maticians, I learned early to “think January 2000, a friend of mine told me cording to the 50-moves- I learned a lot and will definitely do g5. It could not come from mathematically.” I also learned to play about the German Puzzle Champi- rule! The complete proof for better next year. By now, I have seen g6, where it would have chess very early (at the age of 5). Chess onship and how to qualify. I found the this is too long to publish many kinds of puzzles that exist. checked the white king, is still one of my hobbies. My current puzzles of the qualification test chal- here. Ulrich wrote an article Surely, many of the puzzles of the next therefore it must have ELO is 2313. I stopped playing tourna- lenging, so I solved them and indeed about this (in German). WPC will be of the same sort; therefore, come from g7. Hence White ment chess because at the moment, qualified. (My friend did not, but he The Multi-Level Block Maze was real- I will be much better prepared. is able to capture this pawn I find bridge more interesting and was happy about that, because he ly beautiful. And I enjoyed solving the Nevertheless, I don’t think I will en passant: 1. h5xg6 e.p. challenging. I am interested in many could not take part in the Champi- Lunar Lockout puzzles – but even more win again next year, but maybe Black is forced to answer other games, too. onship anyway.) I enjoyed developing new ones. I didn’t I will come close. Kh5, and White mates with In 1994 I began studying mathe- At the German Championship I like some of the crossword-type puzzles 2. R:h7. matics in Leipzig. Since I had a lot of realized that most of the puzzles were (Which word will be left?) and the friends in Freiburg, I moved there in types I had never seen before. So I first “Find the 10 differences” puzzles. 3. Ulrich liked the Lunar 1998, and continued studying math. had to find a sensible approach to In the last round I turned in three Lockout Puzzles so much, I took part in the German Math them, what was not easy to do in a wrong solutions. The reason is probably he designed several him- Olympiad several times and almost short time. But as a chess player I am that I didn’t read the instructions cor- self. Here is one of them: always won a 2nd or 3rd prize (there familiar with this situation. I am able rectly. I was so eager to start solving

was no 1st prize, if I remember correct- to think very quickly without getting that I missed some important clues.

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Puzzles World Puzzle Championship something similar happened. In one of X-down There were two kinds of puzzles I really I had no specific expectations about the puzzles I did not read the explana- Solution: 12 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 13 Symbolic Dominoes- by Michael Rios Lunar Lockout- by NOBrain Corps Selected Puzzles from the 9th WPC A set of 28 dominoes is in an 8 x 7 rectangular The goal is to end up with the red robot on the by Nick Baxter tray. The layout is shown but without the domino center space within the specified number of I’d like to present an overview of the edges. Reconstruct the missing edges. moves. Unfortunately in this puzzle, the red robot Railroad Track- by Craig Casper This unusual set of dominoes uses 3 symbols is invisible. You must locate the only starting po- puzzles used from the 9th World Puzzle Lay a single, closed loop of railroad track that (circle, arrow and double-arrow) and their orthog- sition for the red robot so that a solution is possi- Championship last year, highlighting those travels through every square of the grid. The onal rotations. All permutations of the symbols ble, and then discover the 7-move solution. track connects squares horizontally or vertically, are included in the set, except that duplicate pat- Each robot travels horizontally or vertically, but that I think are the most interesting. and crosses itself only in the squares with terns due to rotational symmetry are excluded. only directly toward another robot – as far as it crosses. (All the crossing are already placed.) For example, dominoes A and B are the same, can go until hitting it edge to edge. One move is Actually, I think ALL the puzzles were in- but A and C are different. a continuous sequence of such traverses made teresting in some way or another, other- The track does not turn as it by the same robot. wise I would not have included them in passes through the stations, the competition! So please don’t be too which are the squares Part III & Part IV disappointed if I did not include your containing numbers. As you Unfortunately, I would not do justice to favorites here. follow the track, visit stations the physical and manipulative puzzles 1 through 13 in order, used in Part III and Part IV if I repro- Part I then return to station 1. duced them here. So I won’t try. These For Part I, we tried to lighten up the first sections included a representative cross round of competition with a little bit of The Instruction section of popular styles (sliding block, fun. Since the first day was Friday the Booklet and the maze, edge-matching, 2-D tray, and 3-D 13th, this was an obvious theme to use pre-competition rules geometric assembly), and were carefully for a few of the puzzles. The most obvi- meetings are impor- designed and selected to reward deduc- ous example was the very first puzzle: a tant parts of keeping tion, not trial-and-error or luck. The word search using the names of movie the competition fair typical WPC participant is not as stars appearing in the Friday the 13th for everyone. experienced with these types of puzzles, horror film series. (Since the movies The authors and so the scores were down, particularly were so bad, these actors and actresses for Part IV. Regardless, I hope that editor must strike a delicate balance have never been heard from again, so future WPC organizers share my view the rules of culture-neutrality didn’t between giving enough information of the importance of these puzzle styles, apply!) ahead of time so the that puzzles will and will continue to include manipula- be readily understood, and not giving tive puzzles in the competition. too much information so that the puz- Friday the 13th- by Nancy Schuster zle could be solved ahead of time. Part II This puzzle is a little scarier than the normal Part II was a speed round featuring the Part V word search; we’ve left out one of the 36 first Symbolic Dominoes was a case Lunar Lockout game. The U.S. team I really like puzzles that combine and last names, and ask you to figure out which first saw this puzzle type (then different themes together into a good where we gave away too much infor- one is missing! known as UFO) in the 1999 U.S. & new design. The Battleship style is mation. The puzzle was actually a Canadian team qualifying test, ripe for this, as we saw in Bu- AMY STEEL two-part puzzle in disguise. The first and then again during the 2000 dapest with Battleship Varia. For BARBARA BINGHAM part was to determine the set of domi- qualifier. It was originally designed Part V, we continued this theme by BRUCE MAHLER noes; only then could you begin to by Nob Yoshigahara as a paper puzzle, using Erich Friedman’s large collec- CAROL LACATELL solve the second part and actually but tion of new variations. DANA KIMMELL locate them in the grid. Of course, my JOHN FUREY Binary Arts quickly saw the commercial However, the big surprise for me was KEVIN BLAIR hope was that people would have to potential, and eventually produced the Serhiy Grabarchuk’s Tangram Battleship KIRSTEN BAKER discover the unique set of dominoes game. They were also generous enough – a beautiful combination of the classic LARRY ZERNER during the competition. But unfortu- to give the game to each of the competi- manipulative puzzle design and one of MARK NELSON nately, this challenge became obvious tors so that all solving could be done the WPC’s all-time favorite puzzle styles. PAUL KRATKA during rules meeting, and I think with the physical model rather than The triangular shapes are very unusual, RICHARD YOUNG that most smart solvers discovered on paper (which is a LOT harder to do making the puzzle a little more difficult RON PALILLO because the solver must be very careful SHAVAR ROSS the tricks the night before. – just ask the U.S. team!) STU CHARNO If nothing else, I recommend that The puzzles appear to be easy, but to make sure that ships don’t touch at a SUSAN BLU you at least determine the complete they are not. I like to describe them as single point (and at the same time must remember to take advantage of this re- TONY GOLDWYN configuration of the unusual set of a maze where the barriers move along TRACIE SAVAGE striction!). dominoes in the problem below. with your pieces, but the complexity is surprisingly more profound than that. This section originally wasn’t a “Logic grids” have become a staple Tangram Battleship- by Serhiy Grabarchuk timed event, and included one addition- of the WPC, and a number of styles Locate the position of the 7-ship fleet in the grid. The fleet is shown below the al puzzle. Mercifully, we changed our have become recurring favorites. grid, one ship for each of the seven classic Tangram shapes. The ships minds, and removed the hardest (and So it’s always refreshing to see are divided into identical isosceles right triangular segments. Ships can be most unusual) of the puzzles. So that a new, innovative style appear, which rotated and reflected, and do not touch each other, not even at a single point. no one is deprived of the experience, sums up my enthusiasm for the The numbers around the edges of the grid reveal the total number of triangular I include it here. Railroad Track puzzle. ship segments that appear in the respective column or row. 14 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 15 determine how many of each type there are. The symmetry of this Part VI just equilateral triangles rather than Part VIII diagram greatly simplifies the task. Part VI revived a theme we saw in triangles of any shape. The last round, Part VIII, was another My favorite technique counts the Utrecht at the 5th WPC – puzzles that A few of the behind-the-scenes mix of various puzzle types, and in- triangle not by shape, but by how required a bit more time to solve, and events will further illustrate how awk- cluded many familiar WPC puzzle many of the 6 star vertices are used. that rewarded inspired thinking rather ward this sort of problem can be. styles. Viewpoint is Scott Kim’s twist The surprising key observation is that than just brute force or speed. This is Scott’s original solution diagram re- on the classic idea of 3-D cube visuali- there are NO triangles that don’t use another class of puzzles that I think is portedly gave 109 triangles. When test- zation. The original design included one of these six points! The diagram’s valuable, and I hope is used again in ing the original version, I ignored the 16 figures, but I decided to simplify symmetry further reduces the search future competitions. original solution, finding a better dia- the puzzle by only using half; we then space, and the counting turns out I couldn’t have been happier with gram with 123 triangles. This is when I used the remaining eight figures for to be pretty easy. the set of puzzles created by the R&D changed the goal and returned the the Viewpoint 2 puzzle that appeared Regardless, each technique re- team at Wizards of the Coast; each of original problem back to Scott for pub- in the final round! It turned out well, quires accurate searching and book- them are worthy of being presented lication in one of his magazine articles. with each of the separate sets being keeping. From talking with a number here! However one stands out as being When rechecking the count for this ar- an appropriate challenge. particularly innovative. Balloon Bal- ticle, I could only get 121; Scott’s edi- of the finalists, the most common ance was designed by Richard Garfield, tors had the same trouble. Wei-Hwa oversight was missing some of the the original inventor of the Magic: The Huang was nice enough to confirm the large triangles that included two Gathering card game. He took the clas- lower count, but also found a better so- vertices. sic balancing puzzle and then removed lution with 127 triangles. Ironically, his gravity! Well, almost. What he did do new diagram was the same as Scott’s The competition produced some was to remove the top-level fulcrum, original, just with a more accurate interesting statistical tidbits. Without and thus remove the orientation of the count! Upon seeing this result, editorializing, here are the items that force of gravity. He then added helium I tweaked it slightly to improve the were the most interesting to me: balloons in addition to normal weights, maximum even higher. so that some objects pulled up while - Classic Battleship was solved some pulled down. Once you ignore Here is the original version of the by all of the 80 competitors! what seems to be missing and orient problem. Test your reasoning and - Triangle Trisection was solved by yourself properly, it’s not as hard as it intuition skills (if not your counting!), only one: Julien Cassaigne of France. first seems. and think about what is most likely Viewpoint- by Scott Kim - Two teams didn’t make it to the first to increase the triangle count: Each of the 8 blocks shown is composed of 6 of four milestones in Part III, Multi- identical cubes. (The perspective of the drawing Level Rolling Block Maze, even - What are the best points around the sometimes hides some of the rear cubes. Figur- though the solution for this was giv- outside of the large triangle (vertices, ing out their position is part of the puzzle.) Group en in the example. mid-points, quarter-points, other?) the 8 blocks into 4 pairs of identical shapes. through which the new lines should - During Part VI, it was the best teams pass? Part IX - Finals that asked for hints, while the teams placing 15th, 16th, 17th, and 19th The puzzles used for Part IX, the ironically didn’t ask for any help. - Should the new lines go through the playoff round, were selected because - Wei-Hwa Huang solved 66 out of the three interior intersection points or they were visually appealing, required maximize the number of interior lines 72 puzzles correctly. Ok, I will less than the normal amount of paper that are crossed? editorialize – this performance was work to solve, and still presented a truly amazing! - Should the new lines cross each other moderate challenge to the finalists. The surprise of this round was defi- inside, outside, or on the edge of the I hope that everyone enjoyed these nitely the unassuming Triangle count- large triangle? puzzles as much as I did. I’ve had the ing problem – only 2 of the 10 finalist (un)enviable task of solving each of Balloon Balance- by Richard Garfield got this one right, and it was the de- - How does the count change as you the puzzles, many of them multiple Add the weights and balloons to the diagram so adjust the new lines to slightly ciding factor for the individual title. times. And I’m still not tired of that the entire mechanism is in equilibrium. As different positions? Before you read on, you might take them! I think this is a great tribute with normal balance puzzles, the total torque at some time now and try solving it for to the many designers who each fulcrum must be zero. - And how do you balance the benefits yourself. of these competing strategies? contributed their hard work Part VII Triangle- by Nick Baxter to make the competition Optimization puzzles that reward How many triangles (of any shape) a success. Solutions on intuitive solving skills have appeared in Differrent Triangles- by Scott Kim are in the figure? page 32. a few recent championships, and I felt In this diagram, there are 27 triangles of this style was worthy of being included various sizes, shapes and orientations. There are a number of ways to again this year as Part VII. However, Add three lines (of any length) anywhere tackle a problem like this; most are the original version of Scott Kim’s in the diagram so that the total number equally valid, but some are signifi- Triangles would have been more a of triangles (of any size, shape or cantly more reliable than others. The question of accurate counting (and orientation) is maximized. most typical approach for this type also a disaster for judging), so I of problem is to determine all the decided to limit the search to possible triangle shapes, and then 16 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 17 Team Results Individual Results Will Shortz and Nancy Schuster wrote to puzzlers and puzzle organisations worldwide for months before the After 6 rounds of competition, the top 10 individuals competed in a final playoff event. This effort resulted in attracting competitors from a record 22 countries from all continents but Africa. round. 10th place received 30 minutes to solve the 8 problems. 1st through 9th place All photos (and all other photos in the WPC 2000 articles in this issue) were taken by Marilynn Huret. She is in received proportionately more time, based on the points earned during the previous the photograph on page 21 with all 2000 WPC organizers and officials. rounds. Aside from the time handicap, the scores from the previous rounds were ignored in determining the rank of the top 10 individual places. Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 1 USA 1107 155 180 160 655 975 141 1100 4,473 Despite an intimidating 11 minute head start on the rest of the field, Wei-Hwa 2 Netherlands 763 170 200 140 600 900 180 860 3,813 Huang made one miscalculation that he did not correct until just 2 minutes remain- 3 Germany 809 195 200 40 570 900 73 825 3,612 4 Hungary 811 145 100 140 445 875 149 930 3,595 ing in the round. On the other hand, Ulrich Voigt calmly ignored his 15 minute 5 France 683 175 200 120 420 900 252 735 3,485 disadvantage, and solved each problem correctly, finishing his last problem with just 6 Czech Republic 625 195 130 80 525 825 114 785 3,279 over 4 minutes remaining in the round. The 2 minutes, 11 second difference made 7 Poland 612 155 160 100 370 875 102 755 3,129 him the first new champion in 4 years. 8 Canada 791 205 110 80 395 800 102 605 3,088 9 Belgium 625 100 200 60 395 825 131 545 2,881 10 Japan 601 80 180 80 465 350 64 745 2,565 Round 1 2 4 5 6 7 Total Final Round Remaining 11 Croatia 521 50 100 40 350 625 47 395 2,128 1 Ulrich Voigt Germany 239 120 0 225 38 275 897 8 00:04:11 12 Argentina 463 175 50 60 310 450 186 375 2,069 2 Wei-Hwa Huang USA 318 70 120 255 67 400 1230 8 00:02:00 13 Turkey 343 120 100 60 370 450 85 540 2,068 3 Niels Roest Netherlands 301 115 40 195 62 270 983 7 00:09:40 14 United Kingdom 427 105 30 0 350 525 24 470 1,931 4 Robert Babilon Czech Republic 244 105 20 195 63 200 827 6 00:19:40 15 Russia/Switzerland 374 70 80 80 225 525 37 415 1806 5 Miklós Mócsy Hungary 168 70 0 155 44 270 707 6 00:07:12 16 Slovakia 461 70 80 20 450 300 21 400 1,802 6 Zack Butler USA 326 45 20 170 26 200 787 6 00:03:35 17 Finland 388 55 50 60 240 225 15 245 1,278 7 Derek Kisman Canada 266 45 40 105 36 240 732 6 00:00:25 18 Colombia/Peru/Turkey 232 50 50 0 150 350 44 235 1,111 8 Denis Auroux France 210 45 40 100 101 240 736 5 00:05:30 19 India 148 55 0 40 90 275 6 245 859 9 Ron Osher USA 270 15 0 120 13 290 708 4 00:00:01 20 Australia 176 10 0 0 115 75 0 140 516 10 Petr Nepovim Czech Republic 205 70 20 115 27 235 672 3 00:14:30

From left Argentina From left to right: Peter De Hen (representing Belgium in the General From left India From left to right: Ede Markos, Miklós Mócsy, György István (team to right: Guillermo Assembly), Dave Van Meel (captain), Guy Van Hooveld, Claude Desset, to right: Prem captain), Péter Nagy, Károly Kresz, Dániel Csereklyei (guest/individual). Dianda Arijón, Philippe Niederkorn, Eric Lateur. Swaroop. S, Hungary Pablo Milrud, San- Belgium Vidya B. Pai tiago Laplagne, (captain), Sujit Laura Bolognini, Hagda, Nishant Jaime Poniachik Chandra (captain)

From left to right: Arto Sahamies, Tuuli Rauvola, Erja Gullstén Australia From left (team captain), Riitta Rantalankila, Juha Hyvönen to right: Michael Middleton, Columbia / Peru From Finland Ashley Griffin left to right: From left to Germany (captain), Iain Wonder Woman, right: Ulrich Voigt, Johnstone, Bernardo Antun Juric, Daniel Crew, Recamán Markus Andrew Nelson (Columbia), Gegenheimer, Ernesto Michael Ley, Maldonado Gerd Prull-Aden, (Peru) Andreas Franz From left to right: Boris Nazansky, Luka Pavicic, Stjepan Horvat (captain), Czech Republic (captain) Pero Galogaza, Alfredo Ivankov From left Canada Croatia to right: Dale France Calver, Derek From left Kisman, Byron to right: Jean- Calver, John Christophe Novelli, Wetmiller, Gary Denis Auroux, Sherman, David Eric Servel Samuel (captain) (captain), François Martin, Julien Cassaigne

From left to right: Petr Nepovim, Robert Babilon, Vítezslav Koudelka (captain), Petr Vejchoda, Zdenek Vodicka

18 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 19 Round 1 2 4 5 6 7 Tot. Round 1 2 4 5 6 7 Tot. Round 1 2 4 5 6 7 Tot. Round 1 2 4 5 6 7 Tot. 11 Karoly Kresz Hungary 224 45 40 95 63 170 657 28 Phillipe Niederkorn Belgium 176 35 0 105 45 175 536 45 Milan Chudy Slovakia 128 15 20 105 7 115 390 62 Dusan Karkus Slovakia 91 5 0 85 3 95 279 12 Peter Nagy Hungary 184 15 40 110 15 290 654 29 Byron Calver Canada 238 25 20 90 11 145 529 45 Ján Farkas Slovakia 134 25 0 105 11 115 390 63 Arto Sahamies Finland 79 15 0 55 0 100 249 13 Julien Cassaigne France 191 15 60 120 50 195 631 30 Gerd Prull-Aden Germany 178 25 20 110 26 145 504 47 Pero Galogaza Croatia 131 25 0 100 0 125 381 64 Chris Dickson United Kingdom 62 25 0 80 0 70 237 14 John Wetmiller Canada 138 110 20 135 52 165 620 31 Nick Deller United Kingdom 165 60 0 90 6 175 496 48 Zoltán Végh Slovakia 108 25 0 155 0 75 363 65 Boris Nazansky Croatia 100 0 0 40 3 85 228 15 Michael Ley Germany 218 45 20 125 0 210 618 32 Juha Hyvönen Finland 205 25 60 110 15 80 495 49 Metin Örsel Turkey 108 15 0 100 42 90 355 66 Sujit Nagda India 54 25 0 50 0 50 179 16 Rick Uppelschoten Netherlands 139 15 60 145 56 190 605 33 Markus Gegenheimer Germany 174 5 0 110 9 195 493 50 Alfredo Ivankov Croatia 129 20 20 75 20 90 354 67 Riitta Rantalankila Finland 50 15 0 35 0 55 164 17 Ede Markos Hungary 215 15 60 85 27 200 602 34 Tomasz Krajewski Poland 148 45 0 105 5 185 488 51 Zdenek Vodicka Czech Republic 78 5 20 100 15 135 353 68 Andrew Nelson Australia 64 0 0 30 0 60 154 18 Ivan Grichtchenko Russia 160 45 40 115 29 210 599 35 Petr Vejchoda Czech Republic 98 15 20 115 9 215 472 52 Kamer Alyanakyan Turkey 54 45 20 75 26 130 350 69 Michael Middleton Australia 40 0 0 45 0 60 145 19 Krzysztof Ligienza Poland 136 25 60 90 26 260 597 36 Kohji Matsumoto Japan 154 25 20 75 6 190 470 53 Kerim Arican Turkey 50 15 40 100 2 140 347 70 Mark Stenzler Switzerland 47 5 0 20 0 65 137 20 Alan Lemm USA 193 25 20 110 35 210 593 36 Pablo Milrud Argentina 134 70 20 75 41 130 470 54 Ken Wilshire United Kingdom 99 15 0 110 18 100 342 70 Christian Luethi Switzerland 57 15 20 10 0 35 137 21 Jan Beelen Netherlands 150 15 20 140 26 215 575 38 Volkan Dilber Turkey 131 45 0 95 15 180 466 55 Laura Bolognini Argentina 97 45 20 65 52 60 339 72 Tuuli Rauvola Finland 45 0 0 40 0 10 95 22 Michal Borny Poland 176 70 20 100 56 150 572 39 Guy Van Hooveld Belgium 138 45 20 110 22 130 465 56 Olga Leontieva Russia 110 5 20 80 8 105 328 73 Iain Johnstone Australia 36 5 0 30 0 20 91 23 Takahiko Saito Japan 170 25 20 160 41 155 571 40 Jean-Christophe NovelliFrance 98 45 20 90 47 165 465 57 Eric Latteur Belgium 108 5 20 85 9 80 307 74 Nishant Chandra India 16 0 20 10 0 25 71 24 Satoshi Shibata Japan 141 25 20 110 17 250 563 41 Santiago Laplagne Argentina 131 35 20 120 40 110 456 58 Guillermo Dianda Arijón Argentina 101 25 0 50 53 75 304 75 Bernardo Recamán Colombia 10 0 0 10 0 50 70 25 François Martin France 184 70 0 110 54 135 553 42 Luka Pavicic Croatia 161 5 20 135 24 95 440 50 Lionel Wright United Kingdom 101 5 0 70 0 125 301 76 Félix Maldonado Peru 55 0 0 10 0 0 65 26 Delia Keetman Netherlands 164 25 20 120 36 185 550 43 Grzegorz Ignaciuk Poland 100 15 20 75 15 160 437 60 Gary Sherman Canada 149 25 0 65 3 55 297 77 Daniel Crew Australia 36 5 0 10 0 0 51 27 Claude Desset Belgium 203 15 20 95 55 160 548 44 Yoichi Nojima Japan 136 5 20 120 0 150 431 61 S. Prem Swaroops India 42 25 20 20 6 170 283 77 Vidya B. Pai India 36 5 0 10 0 0 51

From left Japan From left to right: Krzysztof Ligienza, Grzegorz Ignaciuk, Tomasz Contributors 2000 WPC Organizers to right: Krajewski, Adam Sumera (captain), Michal Borny and Officials. Front row from Koji Yamasaki, left to right: Marilynn Huret Takahiko Saito, Poland (photographer), Will Shortz Satoshi Shibata, (director), Ed Pegg Jr., Fred Kohji Matsumoto, Piscop (chief scorer), Nancy Yoichi Nojima, Schuster (communications Charles Worthen director) Back row from left (interpreter) front: to right: Nancy Kaplan, Keiko Ogata, Stanley Newman, Mark Tetsuya Nishio Gottlieb, Michael Selinker, Wallace Krupenevich, From left to right: Niels Roest, Jan Lam (representing the Netherlands in Matthew Daly, Alex Rosen- the General Assembly), Rob Geensen (treasurer of the WPF), Hans Eendebak baum, Nancy Taubenslag, (captain), Delia Keetman, Jan Beelen, Rick Uppelschoten Nick Baxter (competition director), Larry Baum, Ed The Netherlands Rice, Helene Hovanec (coor- From left to Romania dinator), Nancy Stevenson right: Cristea Ioni¸ ta˘, Nancy Turkey Schuster (communications director of the organizing com- From left to right: Hüsnü Sincar, Metin Örsel, Kamer Alyanakyan, mittee), Ovidiu Songül Balaban, Metin Balcy´, Volkan Dilber, Kerim Arican S¸ perlea United Kingdom

Slovakia From left to right: Ivan Grichtchenko (Russia), Mark Stenzler (Switzerland), Olga Leontieva (Russia), Serhiy Grabarchuk (captain, Ukraine), Christian Luethi (Switzerland) USA Russia / Switzerland / Ukraine

From left to right: Zoltán Végh, Milan Chudy´, Dana Farkasová From left to right: Chris Dickson, Peter Ritmeester (captain, Netherlands), Ken Wilshire, Lionel From left to right: Stanley Newman (representing the sponsor Random (captain), Dusan Karkus, Ján Farkas Wright, Nick Deller House), Wei-Hwa Huang, Alan Lemm, Zack Butler, Ron Osher

20 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 21 Report on the 2nd general assemb ly of the World Puzzle Federation WPF. He said he would prefer a puzzle- automatically become the permanent Stamford, USA, October 13-14, 2000 related symbol to represent the organi- WPF logo on January 16. zation. Also, he did not feel that the This motion passed 10-2. The meeting was called to order by chairman proposed logo would reproduce well in a small size, as on a pencil. b) Newsletter Will Shortz (USA) at 14:15 on October 13. György Istvan (Hungary) said the Peter Ritmeester, speaking on behalf It was held in two sessions over two days. A session of the General Assembly of the WPF WPF needs a logo quickly and cannot of the board, recommended wait another year to try to devise having two printed WPF newsletters another. Serhiy said that if a logo is per year, issued from the WPF office adopted now, even if it’s not a popular in Amsterdam – one issue appearing one, it will be difficult to change later. several months after a WPC, the second Peter Ritmeester said that a logo appearing shortly before the following consisting of the letters WPF, not the WPC. Some of the material in the full words World Puzzle Federation, newsletter would overlap with the would be ineffective without a large WPF website; some would be entirely advertising budget. It would take a original. great deal of money to impress the Peter stated the reasons for issuing meaning of the initials in the public the newsletter from the WPF office: mind. Peter de Hen (Belgium) said to guarantee increased frequency that he liked the proposed logo, but of publication; to achieve greater suggested using the crossword Möbius efficiency of production between the strip from the 2000 WPC logo in newsletter and the website; to better place of the O in WORLD. coordinate WPF advertising/ promotion with the newsletter; and to maintain direct WPF control over Andreas replied that no one kind of puzzle the newsletter’s content and design. encompasses e The WPF member countries present Old business Andreas replied that no one kind of were: Argentina, Belgium, Croatia, a) Logo puzzle encompasses everything that Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ger- Speaking for the board,ver Andreas Franz the WPF does, and a crossword puzzle many, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, (Germany) reported on his ythingand others’ that thedoes not symbolize the organization. Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey, efforts to devise a logo for the WPF. The Also, he said the designer would not ac- Ukraine, and United States. Members criteria, as announced at the 1999 cept any changes in his work. Stanley not present: Korea, United Kingdom. WPC, were: simplicity, boldness, appro- NewmanWPF (USA) recommended does keeping Observers attended from Australia and priateness to the organization, and in mind that the logo is not designed Canada. reproducibility in various sizes and just for puzzlers but for the general Helene Hovanec (USA), the coor- formats (including either black-and- public, who may not understand a dinator for the 2000 WPC, opened white or color). Möbius strip. Jan Lam (Netherlands) the meeting by welcoming all the Thirteen different logos were said that the most important element participants. Following, the delegates proposed, based on an open invitation of the logo is the word PUZZLE, and the introduced themselves and identified in 1999, and these were posted on the design can be simplified in the future the organizations they represent. WPF website in April. After discussion to focus on this one part. Vítezslav Greetings were read from Catrin and consultation with design experts, Koudelka (Czech Republic) said that he Ovidiu Sperlea (Romania) was The board of the WPF, Lucht (Germany), Sona Jánosiková the board recommended Andreas’s would like to have a logo that the mem- thanked for founding and editing the from left to right: Vítezslav (Slovakia), and Nevzat Erkmen (Turkey), own proposal, created by a professional bers can truly love, not merely accept. World Puzzle Newsletter for five years. Koudelka (vice-chairman, who could not attend. German designer, consisting of the Jaime Poniachik (Argentina) and Cristea Ionita (Romania) was thanked Czech Republic), Will Shortz words WORLD PUZZLE FEDERATION Vítezslav then separately made the for printing the newsletter for this (chairman, USA), Peter Rit- Reports of the board with the O of WORLD enlarged and following proposal: The WPF will provi- entire time. meester (general secretary, General secretary Peter Ritmeester solid, the word PUZZLE in a rectangle sionally adopt the German design for The motion was passed 12-0. Netherlands), Rob Geensen reported on WPF activities and the beneath it, and the two Z’s of PUZZLE three months. Meanwhile, the board (treasurer, Netherlands). An- general office for the preceding 12 tilted at different angles inside. will entertain other proposed logos c) WPC reprint rights dreas Franz (Germany) months. Rob Geensen (Netherlands) There followed considerable discussion. until January 15, 2001. If the board – Rob Geensen discussed some of the stepped down as board detailed the WPF finances for 1999 Serhiy Grabarchuk (Ukraine) said that together with the professional design- issues relating to reprint rights to the member. Erja Gulsten and the year 2000 to date. [Both reports the WPF logo should be designed by ers it consults – approves any further WPC puzzles, both in print and online. (Finland) was elected in appear elsewhere in this issue.] someone who understands puzzles, not proposals, these will be put to a vote The policy in previous years was that his place. just art. He criticized the proposed logo of the entire membership. Otherwise, any WPC participant could reprint the for not being specifically related to the the proposed German design will WPC puzzles within his own country 22 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 23 Since it did not pass, the organizers The Brazilian companies Ediouro and e) Selection of the site of the of future WPC’s can continue to admit A Recreativa both expressed interest 2002 WPC unofficial teams or not, as they wish. in the event for the future. On behalf of her company, The Internet is a new source of Kolmiokirja Oy, and two Finnish e) Puzzle catalog participants, he said. The British puzzlers’ organizations, Erja Gullstén Adam Sumera (Poland) asked for assis- website Thinks.com sponsored a team offered to host the 11th WPC in Oulu, tance in continuing his work to list from the U.K. this year, and Israel Finland, in September 2002. and classify puzzle varieties. Anyone nearly had a team through the efforts Vítezslav relayed a proposal from who is interested should contact him. of the Israeli site Etgarim.com. Ján Farkas and the Union of Slovak (Puzzleland.com in Korea joined Puzzlers offering Martin, Slovakia, New Business the WPF independently.) as the site of the 11th WPC. a) Judging rules The newspaper column “Mind- The results of the vote were: Peter Ritmeester urged the WPF to sport” on puzzles and recreations in Finland-10; Slovakia-3. adopt a general set of WPC judging The Times of India was responsible for Same session, photo taken after the event. Now the official policy rules, which all future WPC organiz- the new Indian team. South African Several countries expressed from the other side is that only WPF members can reprint ers must follow. A committee was Mensa tried but was unsuccessful in interest in hosting future WPC’s, the WPC puzzles. Will said that, as a formed to draft a set of rules to pres- organizing a WPC team from its including Belgium, Croatia, Hungary, special exception this year, new coun- ent at the 2001 general assembly. members, but expressed hope for Netherlands, and Slovakia. tries to the WPC were offered reprint The committee members are: Metin participating in the future. rights to the puzzles as an added Balci (Turkey), Vítezslav Koudelka, f) Exchange of information inducement for them to attend. Peter Ritmeester, and Will Shortz. Metin Balci requested a means for The international online WPC exchanging puzzle news and informa- One unresolved issue, though, qualifying test, conducted by the U.S. regards the rights that website mem- tion about puzzle events around the bers should have to the puzzles. Since world. Peter said that a section of the a website’s audience has no national Nanc WPF website could be devoted to this. boundaries, publication of the puzzles y recommen online could reduce their value to Statement from the 2001 WPC members in other countries. Organizers b) Membership fee ded promoting Vítezslav announced that the 2001 Other issues to be resolved: If in June, was the source for the new rights to only a certain percentage of On behalf of the board, Rob made the WPC, tentatively, will be held October three proposals: First, that the WPF W competitor from Peru, and attracted 1-7 in Brno, Czech Republic, probably puzzles are granted to websites, what PC interest from many other countries percentage should this be, and should fiscal year be changed from January- and with two days of sightseeing in December to July-June, to better as well. WPF jointly Prague. The official host will be the the sites have full choice over the And miscellaneous contacts and puzzles they reprint? What should be coincide with the WPC’s and general Union of Czech Puzzlers, although assemblies. WPF memberships for letters drew first-time contestants the bulk of the work will be done by the reprint policy for members whose from Colombia and Switzerland. Will publications are sold outside their 2000 would continue through June Vítezslav’s company, Kira Publishing 30, 2001. said he and Nancy Schuster (USA) House. He asked for help from the native country? Should first-time WPC This proposal was passed 16-0. would turn over their contact names participants continue to be offered 2000 delegates to attract new coun- and addresses to Peter and Vítezslav, tries to the event. reprint rights to the puzzles before Second, Rob proposed that the so they could continue the recruit- joining the WPF? Rob said that the membership fee for the next fiscal ment efforts during the following Closing board will present a detailed proposal year be 500 euros. As before, excep- year. Will thanked Andreas Franz for his on these matters next year. tions can be granted by the board, service to the WPC and WPF, includ- d) Number of WPC teams from a and members from wealthier Nancy recommended promoting ing his financial assistance, given country countries are encouraged to pay more. the WPC and WPF jointly, as she both personally and through his Vítezslav recommended making it This proposal was passed 15-0. thought it was confusing to potential company, Bastei-Verlag; his work and a rule that only one four-person team members/team organizers for advice as a board member; his enor- per country can compete officially in Third, Rob proposed that the the event and organization to be mous contribution with the WPF logo; the WPC, but that extra, unofficial membership fee be waived for the discussed separately. and his commitment three years ago teams from a country may also take host country of a WPC during the d) Election of board member to host the 1998 WPC if Turkey was part, at the discretion of the WPC year it hosts the event. Three people were nominated to serve not successful in organizing the event. organizer. This proposal was passed 13-1. a three-year term on the WPF board, Andreas received a round of applause. Peter proposed a stricter rule: Only to fill the position being vacated by one four-person team should be c) Membership/WPC recruitment Andreas Franz. They were: Erja There being no further business, the meeting allowed per country. Unofficial teams Will Shortz reported on the efforts Gullstén (Finland), Jaime Poniachik, was closed at 11:30 on October 14. are not permitted. Competitors from of the 2000 WPC organizers to attract and Ovidiu Sperlea. Will explained countries without full teams can join new countries to the event. the duties of the position. together to form official teams, but The best source of new partici- The candidates made brief remarks. otherwise multinational teams are pants, he said, was puzzle magazines, The results of the secret ballot were: not allowed. as evidenced by Australia (Pacific Erja-9; Jaime-4; Ovidiu-3. The vote on this proposal was 7-7. Publications), Belgium (Keesing Belgium), and France (Keesing France). 24 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 25 By Rob Geensen (The Netherlands), World Puzzle Federation Report on the Finances Treasurer activities 1999-2000 of the World Puzzle Federation As presented during the General Assembly in Stamford, USA, October 13-14, 2000 World Puzzle Federation Treasurer account In the first official year of its existence By Peter Ritmeester The past year has been a very successful January 1th – December 31th 2000 the WPF had 17 paying members which (The Netherlands), start for the World Puzzle Federation. contributed the total sum of General Secretary We are now a legal entity and truly a In Guilders euros 11.247,39. This is the total income on worldwide organization, with 18 mem- build a WPF website. It went online Janu- Treasurer account January 1th 2000 fl 0,00 0,00 the Treasurer Account. Membership fee bers on 4 continents. This is a big step ary 25th, 2000 at www.worldpuzzle.org. is 500, but we are very grateful to after many years of informal association. It contains our statutes, rules and In Guilders euros those countries who could afford a But in order to build on this success regulations, contact information for 26-01-00 Netherlands fl 2.203,71 1.000,00 bigger contribution. and to become of even greater value to members, the contents of all past 29-01-00 Czech Republic fl 1.101,86 500,00 Next to the Treasurer Account, the our members, we need to do much more. newsletters, information on the next 31-01-00 Poland fl 1.101,86 500,00 WPF has got an Office Account, from WPC, and more. The first priority for the future is to 03-02-00 Germany fl 2.199,74 998,20 which smaller day-to-day costs of the The website will be fully redesigned continue to attract new members. Having 08-02-00 Finland fl 1.101,86 500,00 office are being paid. more members will further the main once the WPF has an official logo and 25-02-00 Romania fl 550,93 250,00 The General Assembly decided that purposes of the WPF – increasing the colours. Afterward it will be updated on 01-03-00 Great Brittain fl 1.101,86 500,00 the fiscal year of the WPF would be interest in puzzles and encouraging the a regular basis. Redesign will begin on changed from January-December to exchange of new puzzle ideas worldwide. November 1. The full changes will be 22-03-00 USA fl 2.274,21 1.031,99 17-03-00 Japan fl 2.203,71 1.000,00 July-June. The first fiscal year will Having more members will also help implemented by December 1. therefore continue to June 31th 2001. us with our second priority – acquiring [Note: as the proposed logo has 09-06-00 Turkey fl 1.073,65 487,20 19-07-00 Hungary fl 1.101,86 500,00 These figures therefore show the sponsorship for the WPF and its activi- been rejected by the General Assembly, state of the finances after the first redesign has been delayed, PR] 31-07-00 France fl 2.203,71 1.000,00 ties, including the WPC. Members year of the one and a half year fiscal 05-08-00 Korea fl 1.101,86 500,00 As a professional organisation, the During the 1999 General Assembly in year. 30-08-00 Croatia fl 1.101,86 500,00 WPF should not be dependent on the Budapest, the charter members set the Final figures will be presented to the enthusiasm and spare time of just a few minimum annual membership fee at 500 06-09-00 Belgium fl 2.203,71 1.000,00 next General Assembly. individuals, which has been the case in Euros – an enormous amount of money 23-09-00 Argentina fl 1.057,78 480,00 the past. Creating the infrastructure to for certain representatives. Members 10-10-00 Slovakia fl 1.101,86 500,00 make growth and sponsorship possible were also required to be official legal Total in fl24.785,99 11.247,39 should be one of our major goals for the bodies, which not all the representatives next year. were at the time. Out Guilders euros So it is heartening to report that Labour fl 6.136,63 2.784,68 nearly all the countries that took part Office costs fl 1.534,07 696,13 The office in the 1999 WPC have, in fact, joined includes: facilities, supplies, the WPF. During the upcoming General telephone, stamps, banking costs fl 167,78 76,14 Much of the General Secretary’s work Assembly in Stamford (at point 4 of the 07-02-00 to Office account WPF fl 3.000,00 1.361,34 this past year has involved administrative agenda, to be precise), all these countries tasks, such as handling requests for infor- will be able to present themselves and 17-11-00 Costs Newsletter 5 fl 1.275,00 578,57 mation, co-ordinating the efforts of the their organisations. Total out fl12.113,48 5.496,86 WPF board, and implementing new mem- What is more, thanks to the enor- berships. (During one particularly busy mous promotional work done by the Treasurer account December 31th 2000 fl12.672,51 5.750,54 week, 15 letters arrived from India alone, organising committee of the 2000 WPC in after a mention of the WPF and the up- Stamford, we will welcome new members World Puzzle Federation Office account coming WPC in a national newspaper.) United Kingdom, Argentina, Belgium, January 1th – December 31th 2000 But working from a home office, on France, and Korea, who were not present an intermittent basis, the General Secre- in Budapest – and 3 of which have never Guilders euros tary could not do everything he wished. before competed in the WPC. Office account January 1th 2000 fl 0,00 0,00 So in August 2000 the WPF office was moved to a different location. The Gener- al Secretary still manages it, but in the In Guilders euros future he will have the help of an addi- Conclusion 07-02-00 from Treasurer account WPF fl 3.000,00 1.361,34 tional, part-time administrator, who will The main goal of the General Assembly Total in fl 3.000,00 1.361,34 perform regular daily tasks. In this way in Budapest 1999 was to create a World Puzzle Federation and to transform an Out Guilders euros The new address of the there will be room for growth – part-time informal, yearly gathering of puzzle Fax/answering machine fl 529,00 240,05 WPF office: can become full-time. Also, the office enthusiasts into an official legal entity, Registering Wordpuzzle.com & org fl 293,75 133,30 World Puzzle Federation will not only handle the regular tasks, with members that are legal entities Banking Costs fl 221,83 100,66 Kruislaan 419 it will also have the means to take new initiatives. themselves. This goal has been achieved. Total out fl 1.044,58 474,01 1098 VA Amsterdam The challenge for the upcoming The Netherlands General Assembly will be to make further Office account December 31th 2000 fl 1.955,42 887,33 Tel/Fax: +31.20.8884643 growth and professionalization possible. E-mail: The Website [email protected] One of the goals for the past year was to 26 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 27 By Will Shortz Famous Puzzlemakers: Sam Loyd

A puzzle publication without puzzles is a because no-one remotely like Loyd preceded him. Puzzle books before little like a circus without performers. him tended to rehash the same few So at the editor’s prompting, I’d like to classic problems again and again, whereas Loyd invented literally present this first in a planned series on thousands of original puzzles of almost Famous Puzzlemakers around the world every conceivable variety – many still favorites today. These include the – pioneering inventors of mathematical “Pony Puzzle,” “Trick Donkeys,” and logical problems past and present – “Get Off the Earth,” “The Puzzled Neighbors,” “The Chain Puzzle,” with at least one notable example of “The Patch Quilt Puzzle,” etc. each person’s work to solve. Most of Loyd’s puzzles originally appeared in newspaper and magazine columns from the mid-1890s until his death in 1911. His rate of production was astonishing. I’ve identified more than 40 publications (monthly, weekly, semi-weekly, and daily, often running concurrently) in which Loyd’s puzzles appeared, and I suspect many more are still to be found. Some of Loyd’s work was collected posthumously in Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles (1914), a giant, 384-page com- pendium that remains today one of the best and most dazzling puzzle books ever produced. Several hundred prob- lems in it were selected and edited by Martin Gardner for two volumes pub- lished by Dover Publications in 1959 and 1960, which remain in print today. In my research I’ve uncovered hundreds of Sam Loyd puzzles that did not appear in the Cyclopedia, and, thus, are unknown today to anyone but me. My hope is in the near future to collect these “lost” puzzles in a volume for a new generation of solvers. On the next page is one of these lost puzzles, which is simple enough for anyone to try, but tricky enough to keep an expert occupied for a few minutes. It is from a newspaper the New York American, January 27, 1907, and has a Chinese theme. (Hence the joke in the title - the name Sam Loyd is rendered “Sam Loy.”) The puzzle is to draw the figure in one continuous line, without Sam Loyd The first subject, fittingly, is Sam Loyd, taking the pen or pencil off the paper – the inventive and prolific American and to do so in the fewest strokes. puzzlist (as he termed himself) who A new stroke is to be counted when flourished a hundred years ago. It is your line changes direction. In how impossible to understate his impor- few strokes can this figure be drawn? tance in the history of puzzling, Solution on page 32. 28 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 29 Present and future members

Full membership to participating in the World Puzzle 2. Membership 2-3 The criteria for WPF membership are: 2-4 If a country is already represented in 2-6 Personal memberships will also be The World Puzzle Federation is an Championship (WPC) if: 2-1 The minimum annual membership • Conducting open, national qualifying the WPF and a second group would available to individuals. The fee will association of legal bodies with an • their country is not yet represented fee will be 500 euros. Exceptions can tournaments to select members of a also like to represent that country, the be 50 euros/year. The benefits of interest in puzzles. Only one member there, and if be made by the board. WPC team; board will first encourage the two personal membership include: per country can belong to the WPF. • there are not more than four individ- 2-2 The benefits of membership include: groups to work together. If that is not The WPF follows the Olympic stan- ual members from that country • Promoting and publicising these tour- possible, then the second group • Subscription to the WPF newsletter; dard in what constitutes a country. • Right to use the WPF logo; naments; should apply for membership in Below are the countries represented In case there are more than four writing, explaining why it would be a • Right to visit all parts of the WPF in the WPF and information on the individual members from a country • Right to publish WPF puzzles (begin- • Encouraging quality and innovation in better representative for the country website and to participate in online legal bodies representing those that is not yet a WPF member, the ning in 2000) in the member’s home puzzling; than the existing member. The board activities; countries. Most countries are repre- board of the WPF will decide who country, including those from WPC’s should study the proposal and make sented by national puzzle federations, will participate. and qualifying tournaments of other • Representing the interests of the a decision, carefully considering the • Right to participate in the WPC if puzzle clubs or leading publishers WPF members; WPF in the member’s country. criteria outlined above. the person’s country is not already of puzzle magazines. Criteria for membership and represented by a national team the membership fee • Right to send a team to the World Membership can be possible without 2-5 The WPF will follow International Individual membership Following is the relevant section from Puzzle Championship; meeting these criteria, but only as Olympic Committee criteria in Individuals can become individual the WPF’s Rules and Regula long as there are no applicants from deciding which countries are eligible members which entitles them to a See also www.worldpuzzle.org/tions. • Right to vote on WPF matters during the same country meeting all these to be admitted to membership and subscription to this Newsletter and wpf/regulations.htm a general assembly. criteria. to compete in the WPC.

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30 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001 31 Free at last! Puzzlers at the farewell party, hosted by Stephanie and Ron Osher. Photograph by Serhiy Grabarchuk (Ukraine).

Solutions Friday The 13th Railroad Track Symbolic Dominoes

Lunar Lockout

Sam Loyd C: right, down Balloon Balance 11 strokes, for example: A: down, right C: up E: up C: left A: down, left, up X: left, down, left

Viewpoint Triangle A-D, B-H, C-G, E-F 56 triangles Tangram Battleship Different Triangles

129 triangles 127 triangles 121 triangles 32 WPF Newsletter nr 6 - August 2001