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Q1: What puzzle type is Strimko? |
| A1: Strimko is a
logic puzzle with numbers based on a well-known idea of Latin
squares described in the 18th century by a famous Swiss
mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). |
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Q2: Is Strimko the same as Sudoku? What is the difference? |
| A2: Strimko is not
the same as Sudoku, although like Sudoku it is based on Latin
Squares. Strimko is a very compact puzzle which makes to its
solver quite a novel impression, and has specific features
distinguishing it from all you could see and solve so far. |
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Q3: Does "Strimko" mean something? |
| A3: "Strimko" means
doing something in winding, sinuous, or streamy mode. The puzzle
itself uses "streams" as one of its basic elements. And so the
name Strimko is derived from "stream." |
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Q4: Is Strimko a classic puzzle or new? Who is behind it? |
| A4: Strimko is a
brand-new puzzle based on classic math objects, Latin Squares.
Strimko is created and developed by
The Grabarchuk Family. |
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Q5: Who creates Strimko - computer or human? |
| A5: All Strimko
puzzles are developed by humans.
The Grabarchuk Family carefully creates, tests, and
ranges all proposed Strimko challenges without any computer aid.
Note that on the web, there are some, computer-generated imitations
very similar to the original Strimko. We, The Grabarchuk Family,
have nothing to do with such artificial challenges and are in no
way related to their developers. |
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Q6: What are the rules of Strimko? |
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object of the puzzle is to fully fill in the given grid with
missing numbers observing three simple rules which tell that each
row, each column, and each stream must contain different numbers. |
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Q7: Show me how to solve a Strimko challenge? |
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learn how to solve Strimko challenges,
see solving the easiest 3 x
3 Strimko logic puzzle step-by-step. |
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Q8: Where can I play Strimko? |
| A8: Each month here,
at our website,
www.strimko.com,
new original sets of three Strimko challenges in three different
difficulty levels--Easy, Medium, and Hard--will be posted. Also,
you can find and play specially created collections of Strimko
challenges at some other websites of our puzzle
partners. |
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Q9: What are difficulty levels of Strimko challenges? |
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Strimko challenges are developed in three different difficulty
levels, Easy, Medium, and Hard. |
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Q10: Can I print Strimko to solve Strimko challenges off-line? |
| A10: Our
weekly challenges are both interactive and printable, so you can
either solve Strimko challenges directly in our cute interactive
Flash engine, or download a PDF file with the challenges and then
print them out. |
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Q11: I wanna more Strimko! Where can I find and buy them? |
| A11: We
are working on introducing more Strimko challenges for purchasing
in printed and electronic versions. |
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