Shape Sudoku by Ashish Kumar
This is a free “warm-up” puzzle; Season 4 subscribers will see today’s main puzzle in the same style posted at 9:05 AM PT.
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between Sudoku number entry mode and a shading mode to manage the shape inventory.)
Theme: Triominoes
Author/Opus: This is the 137th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.
Rules: Standard Shape Sudoku rules.
Difficulty: 2 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:15, Master = 2:00, Expert = 4:00
Solution: PDF and solving animation.
Note: Follow this link for other Shape Sudoku. More Shape Sudoku are in Masterpiece Sudoku Mix 8. Also, visit this page to purchase all of the puzzles from the 16th World Sudoku Championship including some Shape Sudoku.
Note 2: Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our Week 10 Discussion post on the GMPuzzles Discord.