Prague hosted the World's Championship in Sudoku

Last weekend Prague’s Top Hotel hosted the 2nd Sudoku World’s Championship where the best puzzle-solvers competed for the special title The World’s Sudoku Champion. This title was finally given to American Thomas Snyder. Second was Juhej Kusui from Japan and third Peter Hudak from Slovakia.

The Prezident of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus, who presented himself as a big fan of Sudoku, came personally to support all 140 competitors from 32 countries.

The Czech competitors did not proceed to the final, but they won the third position is the group competition. Last year it was Czech economist Jana Tylova who won the first title of Sudoku champion.