Teach Yourself Advanced Sudoku and Kakuro (Teach Yourself: Games/Hobbies/Sports) [Paperback]

Nick Afka Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Series: Teach Yourself: Games/Hobbies/Sports | Publication Date: August 1, 2006

Take your sudoku skills to the next level of play and on to the more challenging Kakuro

You'll not only improve your Sudoku skills, you'll beef up deduction skills in general and get an introduction to the next craze, Kakuro. More than just a how-to book, Teach Yourself Advanced Sudoku and Kakuro explains how its puzzle-solving techniques work, so you can understand their logic and apply them. Of course there are nearly 100 puzzles, ranging from tricky to diabolical, for you to practice what you have learned.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Nick Thomas is an author, math tutor and Sudoku expert, who came in second in Great Britian's first ever National Sudoku Championships.

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071477969
• ISBN-13: 978-0071477963
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,752,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good advice and techniques for advanced Sudoko player, January 24, 2007

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James Wilson (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Advanced Sudoku and Kakuro (Teach Yourself: Games/Hobbies/Sports) (Paperback)

This book provides lots of discussion, ideas, and techniques for the advanced Sudoku player bored with "difficult" puzzles in the newspapers and wanting to move beyond the simplest advanced techniques such as X-wing and Swordfish. The discussion of techniques differs from the typical approaches you'll find on the web, and is more general. Lots of practice puzzles along the way to help turn theory into useful technique. Also, lots of encouragement for players who rely too much on penciling in.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Sudoko solving techniques, clearly explained, September 16, 2008

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uumomknits (Central NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Advanced Sudoku and Kakuro (Teach Yourself: Games/Hobbies/Sports) (Paperback)

I have been hooked on Sudoku for over a year and have long been searching books and the internet for tips on solving advanced puzzles. While most sources either restate the obvious, simple approaches, or try to explain techniques that only a genius could understand, this book was able to teach some powerful solving approaches in understandable English.

Teach Yourself Advanced Sudoku and Kakuro starts with the basics and works up to the "Sudoku Master Class." Included are several puzzles in each chapter, designed to illustrate the main principles of that section. These were very helpful, although I would have appreciated some explanations in the Solutions section to highlight where the new techniques could be used in each puzzle.

The latter half of the book discusses Kakuro and the fancier variations of Sudoku. While I haven't yet read the sections on the Sudoku variations, I did go through the Kakuro chapter. Unfortunately, this chapter did not provide much beyond the basics.

All in all, though, if you just want to bring your Sudoku skills to the next level (or beyond), this is the book for you :)