Robert Fuhrer
Founder of NextToy LLC, USA, and winner of several prestigious awards in the toys & games industry.
KenKen is the world's fastest growing, most played, and most popular math and logic puzzle in the world. Syndicated in over 150 newspapers worldwide, with over 1 million puzzle books sold, and used as a teaching tool by over 30,000 teachers, KenKen is truly a worldwide phenomenon. Each year, KenKen Puzzle Company sponsors a tournament that brings together some of the best KenKen players throughout the United States, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India and many other countries across the globe to compete for the title of International KenKen Champions.
This year's KenKen International Championship will be ALL-ONLINE and participants from ALL AGE GROUPS can participate in the OPEN CATEGORY.
All age puzzlers (students/parents/teachers) are eligible to register in the “Open category” of the International Round of KIC 2021. One-time registration fee of USD 100 only.
After registration, you get access to the practice portal and free Ebooks to practice the puzzles online.
You will compete online through the portal, with other participants in the open category. The competition will be held on 18 Dec 2021. Please refer to the details of the rounds below.
Winners will be announced on the day of the competition during a virtual ceremony. Participants will receive further details to collect their physical awards post the competition.
Recognized by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), USA, the world's largest math organization, as a powerful tool to build reasoning skills, problem-solving aptitude, perseverance, and mental stamina.
A simple grid-based numerical puzzle that uses the basic math operations-addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division while also challenging your logic and problem-solving skills. In a way, KENKEN is like a game of pool or even chess. The more you think ahead to your next move and consider all the possible outcomes, the better you’ll get—and the smarter you’ll become!
International Champions will be recognized across all the participating countries. Champions of each category will win Certificates, Trophies & other exciting prizes.
Medals and certificates at EVERY level. All participants will receive at least a bronze medal and a certificate. Mementos for all the qualifiers of the final round.
Compete with the fastest and the best Kenken puzzlers across the globe to clinch the International title. Are you ready?
This championship is open for Puzzle enthusiasts of all age groups. You can participate in this championship independently by registering online or through your organization.
Registrations are now completely online and you can directly register at our website, by paying the one-time registration fee of USD 100.
International Round will be conducted on Saturday 18 December 2021.
The competition will be online through the Kenken Online Portal. Login details will be shared soon after registration.
After registration, you get access to the practice portal and free Ebooks to practice the puzzles online. You may also book additional preparation classes or ebooks for enhanced preparation.
The awards can be collected from our Dubai office, couriered to a home address or sent to the school, if the school is officially registered in the Championship.
The famous Crossword puzzle editor at New York Times for the last three decades & Puzzle Master at NPR. He is the only person in the world to hold a college degree in Enigmatology, the study of puzzles, which he earned from Indiana University in 1974.
Ellie Grueskin is the 2017 KenKen International Student Champion and the co-author of KenKen for Beginners. She is currently an undergraduate student at Harvard University studying Economics and Statistics and regularly takes time out of her day to solve KenKens.
Founder of NextToy LLC, USA, and winner of several prestigious awards in the toys & games industry.
Chief Operations Officer & Chief Marketing Officer at Kenken Puzzle LLC USA. Board Member of several education initiatives.
Founder & President of Journey of Entrepreneurship, Singapore
We gather our strength from the support of our participating schools in the last 6 years. We cherish our relationship with them and appreciate their effort in introducing KenKen to the school community. We are honoured to engage with the most reputable schools in UAE and invite YOU to join this community !
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