On the second preliminary contest there were 34 participants from 13 countries. The winner is Taro Arimatsu from Japan, with one point advantage over Jakub Ondroušek from Czech republic, and two points advantage over home favourite Branko Ćeranić. Philipp Weiβ got 10 points penalty and he finished at the 4th place. The puzzles were rather difficult and nobody managed to solve all of them. The four best solvers solved ten puzzles each. The hardest problem turned out to be number five (hundred), which was solved only by Bojana Vojnović from Serbia. You can look at the complete standings as well as the answers our competitors sent.
Next and last preliminary contest will be held next sunday.
Nikola
Next and last preliminary contest will be held next sunday.
Nikola