Who started sudoku?

Answer 1

American archtect Howard Garns first designed the puzzle and they were a type of latin square. When first published in 1979 they were called 'number place'.

They were published in Japan in 1986 and were an instant hit, because it is almost impossible to make a crossword out of the Japanese lettering and it was something new to them. They called it Sodoku meaning 'single number'.

Answer 2

A puzzle with some similarities to Sudoku appeared in French publication Le Siècle in 1892, although it was not restricted to the numbers 1-9 and also, unlike Sudoku, required arithmetic to solve.

In 1895 a rival magazine, La France, published a different puzzle, which this time was almost identical to a modern Sudoku, but for the additional stipulation that the diagonals should also contain the digits 1-9 (thus being slightly easier). This kind of puzzle fell out of popularity in the early 1900s.

The earliest known modern Sudoku was published in 1979 by Dell Magazines, with the name Number Place. It was submitted by an anonymous designer who is presumed to have been Howard Garns.

The game was introduced to Japan in 1984 by puzzle manufacturer Nikoli. The name of the puzzle - Suuji WA dokushin ni kagiru - was later abbreviated to Sudoku by Maki Kaji, president of Nikoli

Answer 3

Sudoku, originally called Numbers Place, was developed by the Indianapolis architect Howard Garns, and first published by Dell in 1979. The Japanese company Nikoli called it Sudoku in 1984. Number Place is trademarked in the United States, and Sudoku is trademarked in Japan. In Japan, most puzzles are called Number Place. Outside of Japan, most puzzles are called Sudoku.

Howard Garns died before Sudoku became famous.

Answer 4

I'm not an expert but from what I understand you have to create a completed solution and then remove numbers to create a sudoku puzzle. So the first person to solve any sudoku puzzle is the author.

However it is not known who created the first modern suduku.

Answer 5

Sudoku, originally called Numbers Place, was developed by the Indianapolis architect Howard Garns, and first published by Dell in 1979. The Japanese company Nikoli called it Sudoku in 1984. Number Place is trademarked in the United States, and Sudoku is trademarked in Japan. In Japan, most puzzles are called Number Place. Outside of Japan, most puzzles are called Sudoku.

Howard Garns died before Sudoku became famous.

Answer 6

It was invented by Howard Garn, an Indianapolis architect.

Answer 7

Leonhard Euler is widely acknolwedged as the father of Sudoku

Answer 8

I have read that in 1997, Wayne Gould from New Zealander discovered Sudoku on a trip to Japan, Try Google for more information on this subject.

Answer 9

A retired American architect called Howard Gams created them as Number Squares in the late 70s.