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World-Class Puzzles from the World Puzzle Championships, Volume 3 (Other) [Paperback]

Will Shortz (Author), Nick Baxter (Author)


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March 12, 2002 Other (Book 3)
Each year, the World Puzzle Championship brings together teams representing countries from around the world in a competition involving challenging language- and culture-neutral puzzles of every variety.

This third volume contains the actual puzzles that made up the Ninth Annual World Puzzle Championship, at which Team USA racked up its third win in a row and its sixth win overall. Solvers can test their skills against those of the world’s best puzzlers with this fascinating mix of logic, math, and visual puzzles. Also included is the 2000 qualifying test for Team USA, which solvers can use to hone their skills for their own attempts to make the team: open qualifiers are held online in June.


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Each year, the World Puzzle Championship brings together teams representing countries from around the world in a competition involving challenging language- and culture-neutral puzzles of every variety.

This third volume contains the actual puzzles that made up the Ninth Annual World Puzzle Championship, at which Team USA racked up its third win in a row and its sixth win overall. Solvers can test their skills against those of the world?s best puzzlers with this fascinating mix of logic, math, and visual puzzles. Also included is the 2000 qualifying test for Team USA, which solvers can use to hone their skills for their own attempts to make the team: open qualifiers are held online in June.

About the Author

Will Shortz, former captain of Team USA, is the chairman of the World Puzzle Federation and the director of WPC/USA. He is the crossword editor of The New York Times and the Puzzlemaster of National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Nick Baxter is captain of Team USA. He was the Competition director of the Ninth World Puzzle Championship.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games (March 12, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0812933087
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812933086
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,017,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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