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The winner in the world's biggest Sudoku Championship ever is the 17-year old Aniek Huijsman from The Netherlands. After a remarkable performance she became the Online World Sudoku Champion at the live Final in London.

Aniek Huijsman is a student from Rotterdam and a scout leader for handicapped children. When she finish school she would like to continue to work with disabled children.

National qualifications in the Online World Sudoku Championship has taken place online with more than 400,000 matches, that finally led to the live World Championship Final.

The Championship has been played in the new online game MultiPlay Sudoku, where up to 4 people compete in the same grid, so they have to hurry before the others fill in all the blanks. MultiPlay Sudoku injects speed and competition into sudoku and transforms dry logic into excitement for smarties.

MultiPlay Sudoku was invented by the Swedish company Yooba, a leading supplier of puzzles and games online for major newspapers on 4 continents.

At some Dutch websites there were discussions questioning of you can cheat with a Sudoku Solver while solving Sudoku's Online. The FAQ's at their the Multiplay Sudoku website says:
How do I know that the other contestants are not cheating?

The game monitors if a player enters numbers in an inconsistent or illogical order. The game also tracks any deviation from the general pattern of playing. You can rest assured that there is no room for cheating.

Well I still doubt if you can really prevent cheating.

Some parts via webwire

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