Sudoku Introduction

The word Sudoku means "single number" in Japanese language. This name is a registered trademark of a Japanese company - Nikoli Co. Ltd in Japan, as Tetris is in North America and Europe. The game is not a math quiz - it's a logic puzzle where your brain is trained in the ability to see similar and avoid it anywhere.

Sudoku is easy to learn but a challenge to player. If you're new to Sudoku, see How to Play link in side panel for a brief introduction to this brain-bending game of numbers and logic. Spend a few minutes familiarizing yourself with the rules of Sudoku and you'll be ready for hours of fun.

Sudoku Game is played over 9x9 grid, in each row there are 9 slots, some of them are empty and need to be filled
Each row, column and “area” (3*3) should contain the numbers 1 to 9 however:
* Number can appear only once on each row
* Number can appear only once on each column
* Number can appear only once on each area (3*3 slots)
* Number should appear only once on row, column or area.

Anil Kapoor