Nichi-Bei News

News and Information from the Japan-America Society of Washington DC

August 01, 2006

Do You Sudoku? Playing the Numbers Game

The Smithsonian Associates are sponsoring an all-day seminar on Saturday, September 30 called "Do You Sudoku? Playing the Numbers Game" with Grand Master Wayne Gould.

Novice and more advanced sudoku enthusiasts will have the opportunity to sharpen their skills in this all-day program from 10 am to 4 pm led by Wayne Gould, the man behind the sudoku craze in America. As the writer of the original sudoku program for computers, Gould is the foremost expert on this addictive puzzle.

The seminar is designed so that participants of all levels gain something, but those who want to break through from easy to medium, or from medium to hard puzzles, will find the day particularly rewarding.

A selection of Gould's sudoku books will be available for signing at the end of the program. General admission tickets are $131; Resident Smithsonian Associates pay $85; and senior members are $77. For more information, see the website at

https://residentassociates.org/test/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=55042