Every year, International Sudoku Day is celebrated on September 9 in several countries across the world. The International Day was established by the World Puzzle Federation on 9/9 as a fun symbolic date that represents the sudoku grid. The day is dedicated to a popular logic puzzle game people enjoy playing. On Sudoku Day, Sudoku enthusiasts from across the world unite and play Sudoku puzzles and share their strategies to take a challenge to solve the puzzle fastest. Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. In classic Sudoku, the main aim is to fill a 9 × 9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3 × 3 subgrids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9. September 2023 Holidays Calendar With Festivals and Events: Get Full List of Important Dates of Month.

International Sudoku Day 2023 Date

International Sudoku Day will be celebrated on Saturday, September 9.

International Sudoku Day History

It is believed that Sudoku is a game that has ancient roots as in the late 1700s, a Swiss mathematician named Leonhard Euler invented a similar game that he called Latin Squares. The form evolved over the years. In 1997, a New Zealand judge named Wayne Gould invented a computer program that could create Sudoku puzzles. In 2004, the Times of London and The Conway Daily Sun in New Hampshire began publishing Sudoku puzzles and soon became popular. In 2013, The World Puzzle Federation made September 9 the official International Sudoku Day.

International Sudoku Day Significance

Sudoku is a popular and enduring puzzle game enjoyed by people worldwide. It is a popular number puzzle game that has gained global popularity over the years. On International Sudoku Day 2023, enthusiasts around the world enjoy solving Sudoku puzzles, which are easily found in newspapers, magazines, puzzle books, and online platforms. Various countries hold national and international Sudoku championships where puzzle solvers compete to solve Sudoku puzzles quickly. The day also unites the Sudoku enthusiasts to share their experiences of the popular game.

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