14th OPEN RUSSIAN PUZZLE CHAMPIONSHIP

11, JUNE 2011

PUZZLE BOOKLET

1-2. COUNT
Count the number of different ways to read 2011 going between the neighboring circles.
Example: One of 18 ways is shown
1 1
1 1
1 2 1 2
0 0
1 2 18 1 2
2 2

1 1 2
2 1 2
2 1 1 0
1 0 0 1
1 0 1 0 1
1 1 2 1 1
1 1 0 1 1
0 2 1 0
2 2 1 1 2
2 2
0 0 0
0 0
1 1 1
1 1
1 1 1

Score: 30 + 30 points. There is a penalty of 5 points for a wrong answer.

Answer format: write the number of ways. For the given example the answer would be: 18.
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3-4. STRIKE OFF

Strike off a least number of rows with words to get a list in which every word can be found:
3) even number of times 4) odd number of times. Only solutions with least number of rows are accepted.
Score: 30 + 70 points.
Example:
odd ev en odd ev en odd

a ОДИН ДВА a # ОДИН ДВА ОДИН ДВА

b ДВА ТРИ b ДВА ТРИ ДВА ТРИ ДВА ТРИ

c ТРИ ЧЕТЫРЕ c ТРИ ЧЕТЫРЕ # ТРИ ЧЕТЫРЕ

d ДВА ПЯТЬ d # ДВА ПЯТЬ ДВА ПЯТЬ

e ДВА ЧЕТЫРЕ e ДВА ЧЕТЫРЕ # ДВА ЧЕТЫРЕ

Answer format: Write the letter of stricken rows.

For the given example the answer would be: 3) ad, 4) ce.

EVEN ODD
A ПАНКРАТОВ КНОП ОЛЕШОВ A

B ЗАЙДЕЛЬМАН ГЕРМАН ХОДУЛЕВ B

C ОЛЕШОВ ПАНКРАТОВ КНОП C

D ОЛЕШОВ ТРЕМБА ЗАЙДЕЛЬМАН D

E КНОП КАССАБЛИ БОГДАНОВ E

F БОГДАНОВ КАССАБЛИ ГРИЩЕНКО F

G БОГДАНОВ КАССАБЛИ ТРЕМБА G

H БОГДАНОВ ОЛЕШОВ ТРЕМБА H

I БОГДАНОВ ГРИЩЕНКО ХАНМАГОМЕДОВ I

J ХАНМАГОМЕДОВ БОГДАНОВ ТРЕМБА J

K БОГДАНОВ ГРИЩЕНКО ГРИЩЕНКО K

L БОГДАНОВ ХАНМАГОМЕДОВ ПОРТУГАЛОВ L

M БОГДАНОВ КЛЯЧИН ХАНМАГОМЕДОВ M

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5-6. DIVIDE
Divide the grid into some dominoes. Each row and column is described with numbers. Domino half is
denoted as 1 and complete domino as 2. Numbers are given not in right order.
Score: 30 + 30 points
Example:

rows columns

a 222 1122 222

b 1212 1221 1212

c 2121 11112 12111

d 11121 11121 11211

e 11211 11211 11121

f 12111 12111 2121

11121
11112

12111

11211
1221

1122
A 11222 12221
B 111122 21212
C 111221 112112
D 121211 112211
E 122111 121112
F 211211 211112
G 221111 1111121
H 1111121 1111211

A 12221 22211
B 21212 111122
C 112211 111221
D 211112 112112
E 211121 112121
F 211211 122111
G 1121111 221111
H 1211111 1211111

Answer format: letters for rows from top to bottom. For the given example the answer would be: abfedc
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7-8. PAINT
Paint three snakes each consists of 14 cells in the grid . Snakes have one cell width and do not touch
each other and it self. Numbers outside the grid show the length of straight segment of the snake in the
corresponding row or column.
Example:
3 3
3 3
1 1
1 1
1 1
2 2

2 2

4 4
4 3 2 5 4 2 2 4 3 2 5 4 2 2

5 4
2 2
3
2
2

3
3
2 2
5 4
2 2 3 2 1 2 5 3 3 3 4 2 7

Score: 50 + 40 points
Answer format: write the content of two main diagonals (first from top left corner to bottom right, then
from top right to bottom left) using 1 for occupied cells and 0 for empty cells.
For the given example the answer would be: 0101100000, 0101010101
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9. WRITE
Write the given 5-letters words into the pentamino-stripes. Letters in rows and columns cannot repeat.
Example: 1
a. АТАКА К А
2
b. КОКОН Т А К О Н
А К О
Score: 50 points

1
a АВТОР
2 3
b АОРТА
4 5
c ЛАВКА
d ОЛОВО
6 7
e ПЛАСТ
f ПОРКА
8
g ПОРОК
9
h РОТАН
i СТАТЬ

Answer format: Write the letters of words in the order given by digits.
For the given example the answer would be: ab
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10. RESTORE
Each pentamino is marked with letter. Pentamino are put into the grid without touching each other. Two
cells for each pentamino are chosen and letters of all other elements visible from this cell are written.
Restore the position of all pentaminoes
Example:
C F I J TJ JZ WF TJ JZ WF

Y J FV J FV

JC YF JC YF

T T

L P VX XZ VX XZ

JPT FCY JPT FCY

T Z YL XWZ YL XWZ

VY VY

TP XCI F TP XCI F

V W X IT CY IT CY

W W

LT X IZ LT X IZ

Y TW
FWZ TX FP
V PZ
VW Z
TV WX
W JX
IZ VW
FIL P
V CI JY
Y CT IJ
J

Score: 40 points.
Answer format: Write the content of two main diagonal using letters of elements and 0 for empty cells.
For the given example the answer would be: v00j0x00c0w0, ozoooxxottol.
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11-13. CUT
Cut the given figure into two part of the same shape. Area of one part should be twice are of other. In
other words, segment with length of square side will correspond to segments of square diagonal. Cutting
line can pass only through side and diagonals of squares.

Score: 25 + 25 + 25 points Example:

Answer format: write the number of straight segment of cutting line.

For the given example the answer would be: 1.

14-15. DRAW
Draw some lines of length 3 along the grid lines. Segments could intersect but two segments cannot have
more than one common point. These segments should confine some areas. Each area contains a
number which is equal to the size of area. There cannot be free segments’ ends.
Example:
6 6
2 2
3 1 3 1
4 8 4 8

Score: 35 + 40 points.

4 3 3
2 4
1 2 6 2 1 5
6 6 3 2 6 3
9 3 5 6
4 1 2 2
6 4
3

Answer format: first write the number of horizontal segments, then number of vertical.
For the given example the answer would be: 6,7.
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16-17. PLACE
Place seven given tetraminoes with numbers into the grid. Tetramino could be rotated but not reflected.
Numbers outside show the sum of digits at the elements in the corresponding row or column.
Example: 7
6
1 6 7
6
8 8
3
2 3 5 6 7 8 5 8
1 4
12 12
13 7 13
4
13 2 13

Score: 40 + 30 points 8 8 4 8 7 11 13 8
2
8 8 4 8 7 11 13 8
2

1 2 3 4 5 15
5 15
7 6
11 7
12 10
5 6 7
7 3
12 2
12 3
3 2 13 16 10 8 9 4 6 6 9 12 13 9 10 10

Answer format: write the content of two main diagonals.

For the given example the answer would be: 10300020, 60507040.

18-19. PUT
Put the numbers from 1 to 14 into the circles (each number is used exactly once). Number between three
circles show the value of expression Max+Min-Middle, where “Max” and “Min” – maximal and minimal
value of these three circles and Middle is the third number. For example, between circles with numbers 5,
8 and 12 should be 12 + 5 – 8 = 9. 6
Example: 10 13 10 10 13 5

9 12 11 2 11 9 12 14 11 2 4
6 9 2 9 6 8 9 2 1 9

4 12 12 11 3 4 12 13 12 11 12
11 6 7 11 6 2
9
Score: 40 + 50 points.

8 10
13 12 12 7
11 6 12 5
8 4 8 12
6 4 5 6
7 7 9 12
10 3 2 12
11 8 7 4
2 12

Answer format: write the sum of numbers in columns from left to right.
For the given example the answer would be: 14, 25, 42, 8, 16.
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20-21. BUILD
Build correct arithmetic expressions by writing number from 1 to 14 into the circles (each number is used
exactly once). Signs +, -, х, / can be written between circles. The left number must be greater than right in
each pair. 1 2 3 4 5

Example: 6 7

11 12 13 14
8 9 10

1= 1 = 7 - 6

Score: 25 + 25 points. 3=

8=
3

8
=

=
9

4
/

x
3

2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 10 = 10 = 11 - 1

27 = 27 = 14 + 13

60 = 60 = 12 x 5

80 = 80 = 10 x 8

4 = 7 =

7 = 9 =

24 = 20 =

36 = 22 =

60 = 26 =

70 = 27 =

48 = 60 =

Answer format: write left column from top to bottom.

For the given example the answer would be: 7, 9, 4, 11, 14, 12, 10.

22-23. CONNECT
Connect the circles with lines of 6 cells length forming pairs. Lines cannot touch or intersect it self.
Example: O O
O O O O O O O O
O O
O O O O
O O
O O O O O O

O O O O O O

O O O O O O

O O O

O O O O O O O O O O O O

O O

O O O O O O O

O O O O

O O O O O O O O

Score: 20 + 20 points
Answer format: first write the number of circles where line goes top, then the number of circles where
line goes right. For the given example the answer would be: 4, 3.
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24-37. BUTTONS
There are numbers written on the buttons. After pressing on button the number on it becomes equal to
the sum of two other numbers. Values at start are shown in top row. Make some pressing to obtain the
number in the bottom row. 1 2 3 1 2 3

Example: 5 2 3

5 8 3

13 5 8 13

24 25 26 27 28 29
1 3 5 6 7 8 3 5 7 2 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 6

33 94 47 41 43 59

30 31 32 33
3 5 7 1 3 5 2 3 4 3 4 5

80 62 55 77

34 35 36 37
3 5 7 1 3 5 2 3 4 9 31 40

63 75 59
2011

Score: 6 х10 + 4 х 20 + 3 х 30 + 40.

Answer format: write the content of bottom row. For the given example the answer would be: 5, 8, 13.