From the author of the bestselling The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book. ARE YOU AS BRIGHT AS THE BEST? Try puzzles from the world puzzle championships, where teams of solvers from all around the world compete to find that year's fastest and best puzzle solver. The book contains around 200 puzzles of over 90 different types arranged over 20 themed chapters, including a wide range of unique puzzle variations created especially for the world puzzle championship. Puzzle types include battleships, cave, dominoes, fillomino, heyawake, kakuro, LITS, masyu, number link, nurikabe, slitherlink, yajilin and many, many more. Compare your own puzzle-solving times against past world championship winners, and find out where you stand on a world scale. Try some of the world's toughest puzzles, designed to challenge the very best solvers. No language skills or general knowledge required - all the puzzles are designed to work for any solver from any country in the world. Discover some of the most exciting and innovative new puzzles from the world's most creative puzzle setters. The book concludes with an entire round from a competition as a final challenge.

Each year, the World Puzzle Championship hosts national teams from around the world in a competition involving puzzles of every variety. Volume 5 includes: -The 2002 Team USA qualifying test plus puzzles from the Eleventh Annual World Puzzle Championship, held in Oulu, Finland, in September 2002 -Introductions by the editors, including photos, standings and highlights of the 2002 Championship -Details on how to register for future qualifying tests -A fascinating mix of logic, math, and visual puzzles, all non-verbal and language-neutral, so they're perfect for speakers of all languages

Each year, at the World Puzzle Championship, teams representing countries from around the world compete to solve challenging language- and culture-neutral puzzles of every variety. With this fascinating mix of logic, math and visual puzzles from the Tenth Annual World Puzzle Championship, held in Brno, Czech Republic, solvers can test their skills against those of the world's best puzzlers. Also included in this volume is the 2001 U.S. qualifying test, which Team USA wannabes can use to hone their skills: open qualifiers are held online in June!

Ты такой же умный, как чемпионы мира?Попробуй решить головоломки из чемпионата мира по головоломкам, где команды со всего мира соревнуются, чтобы найти самого быстрого и лучшего решателя головоломок.Книга содержит более 200 головоломок различных типов, расположенных в 19 тематических главах, включая широкий спектр уникальных вариантов головоломок, созданных специально для чемпионата мира по головоломкам.Сравни свои собственные результаты решения головоломок с победителями чемпионата и узнай, на каком ты уровне в мировом масштабе.

Since 1992, more than 25 countries have sent teams to the annual World Puzzle Championship—a global competition for puzzle supremacy and international bragging rights. The puzzles are created by top constructors of many nationalities, with an emphasis on visual, math, logic, and observation skills. All puzzles at these competitions are language- and culture-neutral, making them ideal for people of any background. This book contains nearly 70 puzzles from the 12th World Puzzle Championship, held in the Netherlands, as well as a complete US Puzzle Championship test, used to select members of the US and Canadian teams. Along with favorites such as Sudoku, Battleships, Paint by Numbers, Cross Sums, and observation puzzles, you'll find a fascinating array of less familiar puzzle varieties, including some you may never have seen before. After you master them, visit the official Team USA Web site at wpc.puzzles.com. The annual online qualifying test is open to everyone!

Are you tough enough? Tkae on this collection of 200 devilishly difficult KenKen puzzles!

This extra-value collection is comprised of the complete Volumes 1 through 3 and includes: -Two Team USA qualifying tests plus hundreds of puzzles from championships around the world -Introductions by the editors, including photos, standings and competition highlights -Details on how to register for future qualifying tests -A fascinating mix of logic, math, and visual puzzles, all non-verbal and language-neutral, so they're perfect for speakers of all languages