Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Crosswords & Games

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Sunday Puzzles

You can now download and print the popular variety puzzles from the Sunday magazine free online.

Look below for links to this week’s puzzle as well as answers to last week’s.

Classic Puzzle From the Archive

Enjoy this weekly puzzle from our online archive, updated every Monday.

Interactive Feature: Total Recall

Test your memorization skills with games from the World Memory Championship.

Game Replays

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Humpy Koneru

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Hou Yifan

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Humpy Koneru

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Hou Yifan

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Interactive Feature: Science Times Crossword

A “Wednesday” level crossword edited by Will Shortz, The New York Times puzzle editor, on social scientists.

Play KENKEN

Play what Will Shortz calls “the most addictive puzzle since Sudoku.” Exclusively on NYTimes.com, new puzzles daily.

SET Puzzle

Play SET! The popular card game of visual perception is now available on NYTimes.com. Four daily puzzles.

Sudoku

Solve a daily sudoku puzzle that matches your level of expertise.

Milestone for a Benefactor of Historic Matches

Jacqueline Piatigorsky, who turned 100 this month, sponsored three of the most important chess events of the 1960s.

More Chess News

Hou Yifan, Defending Women’s Champion, Is Likely to Keep Title

After six games of a best-of-10 match, Hou led her challenger, Humpy Koneru, 4 points to 2.

Bridge

Strategies for the Bibliophile and Player on Your Gift List

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, let’s consider some of the bridge books that have been published this year for good players.

Have Board, Will Hustle. Your Move.

A small army of hustlers scratch out a living by playing chess in New York City.

A View of a Chess Genius

The photographer Harry Benson befriended the eccentric American chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1971. A book with Mr. Benson’s photographs of Mr. Fischer is being released this month.

Crosswords for Mobile Devices

New York Times crosswords are now available for iPhone, BlackBerry and other devices.

Times Topics

Crossword Puzzles

Five free Times crossword puzzles, links to Web resources and more.

MAC OSX LION USERS

If you are a Mac OSX user, please update your Across Lite version to 2.1. A free download is available here: http://www.litsoft.com/across/alite/download/