Sudoku Games - Why Sudoku Is Good For Your Brain?

Sudoku is a Japanese word which is translated as unique number, (Actually, it originated from the United States called "place numbers in the correct location"). In the UK, in a few months, from unknown puzzle, it has created a whirlwind, making guests to miss the train at the station, the students also forgot to do their homework.

The person who brought this kind of puzzle is a British retired judge who previously worked in Hong Kong named Wayne Gould. He found a Sudoku magazine in his summer holiday in Japan. Although he did not know Japanese , he was curious about the game. Gould found the way to play when he compared the puzzles with answers were printed at the bottom of the magazine. After that, he was so passionate that he use computer programming to write programs and create countless different puzzles.

"I have two goals. The first one is to let people know a lot more about this game. It is so amazing that Sudoku is so popular in Japan, while other countries in the world do not know anything about it. Secondly, I want to prove that a judge is also capable of setting up a software program and make money from it."

The first objective Gould aimed to is the famous newspaper Times of Britain, but he knew it would not be easy: "If you call someone in the Times and said, I have a puzzle for you, than you will hear the sigh swallow from them , "he said. "However, I prepared very carefully about the puzzle will look like on the report. Therefore, the editor immediately understood what I meant at the first time I said."

When you play Sudoku games on the computer, you can have chance to train your Sudoku skills by three ways: you enter the puzzle on the board and the computer answer, you yourself enter the puzzle and then answer it (just to check your Logic) and the computer will give the puzzle and answer it. Nowadays, it is so easy for you to find numerous Sudoku games on the internet. They are divided into levels for you to choose. When you are pro player, you can choose hard level to challenge yourself. You will no longer feel bored because there are many versions of Sudoku available. You can meet cartoon characters such as Dora, Sherk. etc... It is really interesting and funny to exercise your brain with these intellectual games.

The History Of Sudoku Games

Sudoku games have a history of thousands years old. It went through the ancient culture, and perhaps it originated from China, according to a document in Arabic in 9th century. In 990, a list of "magic squares" appeared and seems not much different from Sudoku appeared in the encyclopedia From Ikhwan al-salfa of Arab scholars. In this dictionary, they call it wafq.

Abraham ibn Ezra Ben - a Hispanic philosopher and astrologer (Spain - Portugal) - started promoting Buduh square blocks in Europe. He traveled throughout Spain, Italy and other countries in Europe to introduce the "magic squares" to the public. Sudoku has added a new evolution in 1776 when a Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler began to research and developed the rules of the game which today is known as Sudoku.

Going through a long journey and perseverance, Sudoku was first published in late 1970 in a magazine in New York. This magazine introduced the magic squares and mold it into a 9x9 grid, made ​​up of 3x3. And so, Sudoku was born.

The "Sudoku addicts" confined within Japan for over 20 years until a Hong Kong judge named Wayne Gould accidentally discovered a Sudoku book in a Japanese bookstore . He became addicted by this ancient games. In 2004, his addiction led Wayne Gould to London (UK). In a random visit to The Times, Gould convinced the editor to publish a Sudoku next to the crossword. Readers fascinated and required more. Within a few weeks, newspapers across the UK posted Sudoku. Since then, Sudoku has spread to the United States, Canada, Australia, France, South Africa and many other countries.

Sudoku is a puzzle game that is quickly developed in the world. It now has millions of followers and addicts. Many celebrities support it. It also has a world champion. Governments consider Sudoku as brain exercises and help to limit the development of Alzheimer's disease.

If you are beginner, you should know how to play Sudoku. First of all, you need a sharp mind and a bit of focus.
Sudoku is extremely simple, but the answer is sometimes extremely difficult. Because it does not need to use the knowledge or arithmetic and calculations, Sudoku is suitable for everyone. Therefore, children also have the opportunity to solve Sudoku success as adults. In fact, in some European countries, children win adults in Sudoku competitions. You just need to fill in the blanks of the appropriate numbers, according to the following simple rules: The cells in each row (horizontal) must have all the numbers from 1 to 9, without order and the cells in each column (vertical) must have all the numbers from 1 to 9, without order.
Each domain 3x3 which is bold bordered, must have the numbers 1 through 9. The game begins with a Sudoku grid, in which some cells have given the correct numbers. You must be inferred in order to figure out the numbers in remaining blanks. The easy level of Sudoku usually starts with many numbers have been filled, so you'll easily find answers more. The more number you find out the , the easier you will find the other numbers.