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Tony Atkins

The games are now at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso18games.pdf and recaps are
at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso18recaps.pdf - hopefully no typos this year.

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What? Tony from Reading's on, and it's not me... and he beat my top score

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Slightly controversial, because Paul Erdunast originally finished in second place, but was promoted to first after the winner was found to have a fork in his possession. Particularly controversial as forks weren't explicitly listed on the banned list. Even worse two players managed to smuggle sandw...

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Congrats to Paul Erdunast who won the final 105-101 vs James Robinson, having won 5 heats with 613 pts (James won 4 with 534). Jonathan De Souza won the third place by beating Tim Hebbes 103-93 on a crucial conundrum (3 wins 498 - 3 wins 491). Results table at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/MSO18.pdf Ga...

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I foolishly went for expiral (x) in round 10.

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If the contestants only multiply by 7 once: (100-10)x7+5+2/2=636

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Tom S wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:36 pm
Thought the 926 sum was very tricky, personally couldn't even find a way to get 1 away....

((5x25)+7)x7+8/8=925

Tony Atkins

What about this TOWAGES contoversy? Has the ODO been updated recently to make it invalid or is it
another of Ms Dent's whims?

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Alt in the last numbers ((9x9x2)-4)x5 -6

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As of yesterday 11 signed up - hopefully we will get to 16 like last year - not too late to enter!

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Mark Kudlowski wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:53 pm
4th numbers alt:

((9 x 6) + 6 + 2) x (10 + 5)

I made 93 and timed it by 10.

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Why does the wiki show "* *" for MARLIER - that was said so should have no "*"?

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In third numbers, having made 125 the 22 was 6x5-8 of course. My way was make 49 and 3 and multiply.

Fourth numbers alt ((8x9)+1)x3+7-6

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:19 pm
I can't make out what word Leonora said in Round 11 (PANTIES round). Is it PAINS? PAVES? It sounds like it contains a D sound. There are magically no subtitles available for this episode either.

I wrote it down as PAVES.

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There are no engineering works planned for Saturday and I can avoid any strike problems on South Western Railway
(not that trains to Bournemouth would not be running) by using Cross Country so I can be there!

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My solution for first numbers was (((25-1)/8)x75+1)x4 then I saw the obvious way.

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Sean Fletcher wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 20, 2018 1:13 pm
Due to a change in circumstances there has been a change in venue. The event will now be taking place at The Royal Bath Hotel, which is a 10 minute walk from the original venue.

With the change of venue shouldn't the player nicknames now be royalty and not celebrities?

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Vince Fernando wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:27 am
What is meant by the "standard method"? Is there a "standard" algorithm to solve the number problem?

Only for 3 large - See http://wiki.apterous.org/Standard_Method

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:22 pm
1st Numbers Alt.: (75 + 25 + 10) * 8 + 2

or (8+3)x(75+2)+25+10

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2nd numbers - 1 away (933) by the standard method, but out of time (100-6)x(8+50/25)-8=932.

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Like 2017, there will be a Countdown event at the 2018 Mind Sports Olympiad. For details of all events at MSO see https://msoworld.com/events-woo-ev-products/ This is held in London at the end of August and there is a slot on the second Sunday for a Countdown event. Top three places will get the gol...

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑
Fri May 04, 2018 2:00 pm
Alternative for R9 if you want to use all the Numbers: ((8 + 6) x 25) + (5 x 2) + 3

Or for people, like Go players. for whom 19x19 has a special meaning: (25-6)x((3x8)-5)+2

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Countdown recap for COREA Round 1 Saturday 31 March 2018. C1: Zubair Patel C2: Jonathan De Souza Hosts: Tony Atkins and Martyn Neads DC: Hannah McIntosh OT: Other words SN: Sample number solutions R01: V R C E E I S L D R02: N A I O V T L O S R03: 25, 50, 75, 100, 6, 4. Target: 299. R04: M D J I I E...

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Results at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea18/results.html Countdown recap for COREA Final Saturday 31 March 2018. C1: Tom Cappleman (4 wins, 521 points) C2: Graeme Cole (4 wins, 501 points) Hosts: Tony Atkins and Martyn Neads DC: Hannah McIntosh OT: Other words or solutions. R01: T F N S I I E L L R02...

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I was doing alright until I risked "unstaked" in R10, but got the conundrum quickly which surely isn't that hard?

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Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:49 pm
(100+7)x50x9/75+25 = 667

The computer tells me you can also make 700 and then do 66/2 to make the 33 to take away.
Obvious once you know how...

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:14 pm
Alternative for R14: (75 - (8 + 8+ 6)) x 10

several alts there, for instance:

6x75 + 8x10
6x8x10 + 50

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Anyone get in time Rachel's 356? (89x4)

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(4+7)x(3+7)x8 = 880 for the one away

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:35 pm
STUDIABLE for 9 in round 7.

Had a flashback to my third show when my BESTIAL was beaten by SUITABLE. STUDIABLE wasn't valid then of course.

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I bet Zarte was annoyed by missing that numbers game - 837 was possible (25-(2x7))x75+2x6 - but I got the 836
without factoring in the 2 times: (2x6x75)-((25+7)x2)

The 7 points would have equalled Dylan's 974 run and the 10 beaten it (who of course beat Zarte last time round).

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Zarte's 8th show of this run.

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Was pleased to get an equaller in PINNULE in R1, but it all went down hill after that.

Shame it was such a low max game - the 1000 score seems too far away now.

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I'm starting to think there should be a special, hidden panel on the letters board for people who blatantly ask Rachel for "continents". And just once, she should reach into that panel and put up a tile with a map of Antarctica on it. I keep thinking that for COREA this year that as well as contine...

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I went BURETTE in the ABETTER/ABUTTER round.

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or (10x25)-75+100-4 or (10x10)+100+75-4 by the standard method.

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Well done Philip! - glad I trained you well with the standard method on the T-for-Tony round.
Did beat me today - though I did make 728 a different way from Rachel: ((5+9)x2+1)+25+3

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Becky did well again.

Alt 1st numbers ((75+3)x2-25+1)x5

Alt 3rd numbers (100+50/2-2)x(9-3)

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Alt 2nd numbers ("standard method"): (100+25)x7-(9x(6+2))

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Alt last numbers (75-10-4)x7-4

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Well done to Phil

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Alt first numbers (by the standard method) (100+25)x7-(8x(7-5))

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In the NEGATIVE+P round didn't Suzannah say "I got PAGEANT"?

Yet another alt for 2nd nos (25+3)x(10+8+4/4)

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The seventh COREA (Countdown in Reading) is on the Saturday of Easter weekend, 31st March 2018, in Woodley in Reading. Details at at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea18 We will be raising money for the Christian Blind Mission. We have decided it will still not be part of FOCAL. =========================...

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The typos were in Game 2 Round 14 numbers, Game 3 Round 9 target, game 5 round 2 letters and final R7 letters - sorry!
The corrected games are now at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso17games.pdf and recaps are
at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso17recaps.pdf

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That conundrum scramble must have been METALATES, not METALITES as currently recapped, to maintain the theme running through the solutions? Typo now corrected - I can't be sure there aren't others as I haven't checked it yet. Conundrum in R2 was an emergency one as the cover fell off the answer to ...

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Results table at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/MSO17.pdf

In the third-fourth play-off Jonathan beat Tim 92-82

In the final Ann beat Tom by getting the conundrum - 113-110

The games are at http://www.kisekigo.com/cd/mso17games.pdf - answers later!

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Congrats to Ann Dibben for winning Gold by beating Tom Cappleman in the final.
Bronze went to Jonathan DeSouza.

Full results and rescaps shortly.

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Anyone get the first numbers?

I guess Martin was trying to say 66x4-2 was a quicker way to 262, though I did (100+4)x(75/25)-50.

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Phew - at least I can claim still to be the second best contestant from Earley...

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Like the players, I missed that 6/(9-6) is 2 to add to the 280 and did (5x8-(6/6))x7+9

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Adam Gillard wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:09 am
On the website it says there's £100,000 in prize money. Is any of this available in the Countdown event?

Sadly it seems the best one can hope for is a very small pocket dictionary...

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Pleased to not only beat John today but also beat Rachel on the third numbers.

Also did the first numbers the easy way of 69x10-1.

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Not sure why John keeps for 6 small as he seems so bad at it? Maybe he thinks if he doesn't
get it then neither will his opo so nothing lost?

eg 1 away fairly easy on the 1st one today (6+7)x4x10

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Cracking game from Stephen there - shame about in R13 missing all those 7s (though DC only got 1) - was hoping he
was going to max the game.

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Alt first numbers (100+9)x(8-50/25)
Alt 3rd numbers (100-3)x75/25+50+2
Alt last numbers ((6+1)x25+2+9)x5

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RECOALING was the 5th condrum at COREA recently - a beater in round 1 today.

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Countdown recap for COREA Round 1 Saturday 15 April 2017. C1: Peter Clarke C2: Graeme Cole Hosts: Tony Atkins and Martyn Neads DC: Hannah McIntosh OT: Other words SN: Sample number solutions R01: A A O F H L R S U R02: R L V E E E G M T R03: 5, 3, 7, 4, 1, 8. Target: 450. R04: M L P U E O R A M R05:...

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Lucky that "unwashing" was invalid as if he had gone for it, and it was valid, he would have scored 0 for using the N twice.

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Alt to Jay's solve on 3rd numbers - (10+3)x10-8

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