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| ODD Puzzle -
Hirokazu Iwasawa |
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| Irmo Box - Eric
Fuller |
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| Secret Base -
Hiroshi Iwahara |
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| Tangerine -
Vesa Timonen |
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Hirokazu Iwasawa's (a.k.a. Iwahiro)
ODD Puzzle became the Puzzle of the Year receiving both Puzzlers'
Award and Jury Grand Prize at The Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design
Competition 2008. The event is held annually since 2001 in conjunction
with IPP. The ODD Puzzle consists of only three pieces two of which
are identical and a box. The goal is just to place all three pieces
into the box so that none of them sticks out. Don't be mislead - the
challenge sounds much easier than it really is! No surprise it became
the Puzzle of the Year. Three more puzzles have been awarded First
Prize each:
Irmo Box by Eric Fuller,
Secret Base by Hiroshi Iwahara and
Tangerine by Vesa Timonen (Vesa won the last year's competition
with his incredible two-piece Cast Loop puzzle).
Judging was conducted at IPP28 in Prague, Czech Republic, August 1-3,
2008. Puzzlers' Award is selected by IPP attendees. All other prizes
are selected by Judging Committee.
The list of all 57 puzzles entered the competition this year can be
found
here.
To see more details (available in PDF version as well), please visit
the
Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition home page. |
