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Ashish Kumar
Kishore Kumar
Ashish Kumar was born in Rajasthan but grew up in Chennai. He stumbled into the world of sudoku and logic puzzles in 2014 at 22, and from day one he wasn’t just solving — he was creating. That combination of solver and setter is rare, and it’s what makes him different. DT Next
He was selected for the Indian B team for the World Sudoku Championship and World Puzzle Championship in Slovakia in 2016, and by 2017 was part of the official Indian team at the WSC and WPC held in Bengaluru — a 30+ country event that put Indian puzzle talent on the global map. DT Next
On the setter side, Ashish has contributed over 130 original puzzles to GMPuzzles as a contributing puzzlemaster, one of the most respected puzzle platforms in the world. He co-authored the Loop Variety Collection 2 published by GMPuzzles in December 2022, and published a solo Skyscrapers puzzle book in 2019. The Art of + 2
Highlights & Achievements:
- Indian team — World Sudoku Championship 2017 (Bengaluru)
- 🌏 Indian team — Asian Sudoku Championship 2020
- ✏️ Contributing Puzzlemaster — GMPuzzles (130+ published puzzles)
- 📘 Co-author — Loop Variety Collection 2, GMPuzzles (2022)
- 📘 Author — Skyscrapers puzzle book, GMPuzzles (2019)
- 🧩 Puzzle contributor — 24 Hour Puzzle Championship & World Puzzle Championship
Kishore Kumar Sridharan is one of India’s most consistent competitive sudoku solvers. He’s not the flashy kind — he’s the kind that keeps showing up at world championships, year after year, and keeps finishing in the ranks that matter.
Kishore has been part of the Indian team at the World Sudoku Championships since 2015. He was part of the Indian contingent that secured 5th place at the World Sudoku Championship in Germany, and finished 31st individually at that championship. youtubePSU Connect
At the Asian level, Kishore won the individual bronze medal at the Asian Sudoku Championship 2025 in Chennai, the biggest moment of his competitive career so far. He is also the Indian Sudoku Champion 2025, the top national title in the country. WikipediaLogicmastersindia
Highlights & Achievements:
- 🥉 Individual Bronze — Asian Sudoku Championship 2025 (Chennai)
- 🏆 Indian Sudoku Champion — 2025
- Indian Sudoku Championship Runner-up — 2024 (behind Rishi Puri)
- 🏆 Classic Sudoku Master event winner — 4 times youtube
- 🌏 India team — World Sudoku Championship (multiple editions from 2015)
- 🇮🇳 Runner-up — Indian Sudoku Championship 2019
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