British team lament 'a total nightmare' on home turf as the world's best sudoku players descend on a suburban Surrey hotelIn an ornately decorated conference room in Croydon, 180 heads are bowed. "Everyone's got a script?" the invigilator asks. "You may begin now." As booklets are turned over in unison and concentrated silence fills the room, interrupted only by the frantic scratching of pencils, one thing becomes clear: sudoku is very a solemn business.This is the ninth world sudoku championships, this year being held in the UK for the first time. Teams of four from 34 different countries, from China to South Korea, Greece to the USA, have travelled thousands of miles to a suburban hotel in Surrey to compete for the glory of the title of world sudoku champion. Continue reading...
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