McLeod wins national sudoku tournament

McLeod wins national sudoku tournament

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Story Created: Oct 25, 2009 at 8:29 AM PST

Story Updated: Oct 26, 2009 at 10:56 AM PST

By Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Tammy McLeod solved an advanced puzzle in 7
minutes, 41 seconds to defeat former world and U.S. champion Thomas
Snyder and win the third Philadelphia Inquirer Sudoku National
Championship on Saturday.

Tammy McLeod, 32, of Los Angeles, won $10,000 and a spot on the
U.S. World Sudoku Team that will compete in the Fifth Annual World
Sudoku Championship next spring in Philadelphia.

Natan Tsyrulnik, 31, of Shelton, Conn., won the beginner division and $1,000. Davis Borucki, 15, of Columbia, S.C., claimed the intermediate division and $3,000.

The tournament drew 646 contestants ranging in age from 8 to 93.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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