Information on the World Puzzle Championships.
The World Puzzle Championship was held for the 12th time this year. In the previous 12 years the event has grown to an annual puzzle-feast for both puzzlemakers and puzzlesolvers. The organization is becoming more and more professional resulting in the founding of the World Puzzle Federation in 1999. Also the puzzlers are more and more puzzle-solvers rather than puzzle-makers. e.g. The Dutch WPC teams in 1992 to 1995 consisted of 4 puzzle-makers, working for Puzzelsport, the best Dutch puzzle magazine publisher. But when they organized the 5th WPC in 1996 in Utrecht, they first held a National round to pick their national team. And with great success, the team finished 4th and for the first time a Dutch puzzler made the top 10 on the individual ranking (Paul Jacobs was 6th that year).
The WPC will keep on growing into the future. The next 2 competitions will be held in Croatia (2004) and Hungary (2005). For more information on participating in those events look on the site of the World Puzzle Federation.
Information and reports on past WPC's can be found by choosing the year and place of the competitions below.

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Last upudated:November 1st 2003