Dear Areg,

It has already been almost two weeks since we have talked on Skype after the New Years Eve. So it is time for a new blog post. Since I have seen that you are already a big boy, with own camera, going to school and to ice skating trainings, lets try something more difficult game.

On the New Years Eve party we spent our time together with lots of friends, and just like Mummy and Daddy, we also had some fun games. One of them was Sudoku competition. I was the second fastest to solve the Sudoku, which was a real success, because there were some real experts among our friends. Because of this, we have become funs of Sudoku, and on the way back to Skopje, we did our own competition of Sudoku with Fanni. And guess what, she won against me!

Now it is your turn! Have you ever heard about Sudoku? It is not so complicated, I'm sure that such a clever boy like you will manage to solve it. This is a 4x4 Sudoku, for clever boys, like you.

First of all, you have to know the numbers from 1 to 4. I am sure that you know them all, but maybe a quick reply with Mummy would be helpful.

The Sudoku game itself is about to place numbers like a puzzle into a square, that contains 16 boxes. You have to fill in the boxes using the numbers 1 to 4. But be careful, there is only one right solution for each and every box. You have to find which number fits which box. The key rule is that every row and column and every group of 4 boxes inside the thicker lines must contain each number only once.

Are you ready?

Here you are:

One hint, in case you would have troubles to start it: You should start with the first column on the left. This column already includes "1" and "2". Therefore the box, right above the nr. "2" should include either "3" or "4". However if you check the row, which includes this box, you will see, that it already has a nr "3". If you remember the rule that every row and column must contain each number only once, you will find out, that this box can only contain nr "4". You have to do similar steps to continue.

I hope you will enjoy the game, and I'm looking forward to see the solution.

Cheers,

Matyi