KenKen News

As KenKen sweeps across the globe, the reviews come pouring in! From the most prestigious newspapers to the most adept puzzle solvers, everyone agrees that KenKen is fantastic, both for fun and learning!

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  Are you ready for the KenKen International Tournament?

  Date:
  Sunday, December 17th, 2017

  Venue:
  Will Shortz’s Table Tennis Center
  175 Tompkins Ave,
  Pleasantville, NY 10570

  Contact:
  info@kenken.com
  for details

  Visit:
  www.kenkenchampionship.com
  for more details and registration

   

  The KenKen International Championship is KenKen's official international championship held annually in New York. Each year, KenKen masters (and those who just want to challenge themselves) come together to compete and see who will claim the International KenKen Championship crown! Get ready...it's gonna be the biggest and best Championship yet!

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  Exciting News!
  The first ever national KenKen tournament is now underway in India!

  Link: For more information, visit www.kenken.co.in.

   

  Students from all over India are competing to win a chance to go to New York to compete against other worldwide KenKen players. Originally planned for Japan but moved to New York, the competition will bring skilled players together to compete head-to-head against each other. Good luck!

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  Survey Says: KenKen is Turning Math Learning Upside Down

  June 29, 2012

  Link:Survey Says: KenKen is Turning Math Learning Upside Down

  A game that students love and teachers are using to teach--is this logical?

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  Springhurst Elementary School Hosts KenKen Challenge

  June 14, 2012

  Link:Springhurst Elementary School Hosts KenKen Challenge

  The KenKen spirit continues to spread; Springhurst Elementary School hosted its first KenKen Challenge this past week in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

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  The Zen of Ken - Yoga for the Mind

  May 25, 2012

  Link:The Zen of Ken - Yoga for the Mind

  Experience the state of Zen-Ken, visit http://kenken.com and achieve good spirit, harmony and positive energy with the all NEW pre-selected daily puzzle selections. KenKen® Puzzle isn’t just a wildly popular and addictive hobby for millions of people worldwide. It’s learning-based and revolutionary. You could say that KenKen is turning logic skill on its head.

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  What has reached a landmark 100 million served? KENKEN! Whoops, 100 million one, 100 million two, 100 million three....

  May 11, 2012

  Link:You don't Have To Sell Hamburgers To Reach 100 Million

  Even the number lovers at KenKen® Puzzle don’t usually enjoy counting to 100 million. But when that’s the number of puzzles played on their website, http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com, it’s a different story!

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  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

  April 4, 2012

  Link: Article - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Partners with Nextoy, llc. Daily Interactive KenKen Puzzles Now Appearing on Illuminations Website

  The NCTM, the world's largest organization dedicated to math education, and the popular math game and logic puzzle KenKen are partnering in the goal of making math learning fun.

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  Brain Games: Can KenKen Puzzles Make You Smarter?

  January 3, 2012

  Link: Brain Games Can Kenken Puzzles Make You Smarter

  Robert Fuhrer, 56, of Westchester County, New York is a long-time toy and game industry executive but he is probably best known as the unofficial godfather of the brain training puzzle called KenKen®.

  As president and founder of thirty-year-old Nextoy, LLC, Fuhrer often traveled abroad to spot new ideas and products ripe for export. During one of his frequent trips to Japan, he was intrigued by a popular puzzle called Kashikoku Naru (translated loosely as, the puzzle that makes you smarter) that was invented by a math teacher.

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  Scholastic DynaMath: Can you KenKen?

  January 6, 2011

  Link: Article - Can You KenKen - DynaMath

  Congratulations—you’re about to get superpowers! It’s true: You’re about to be given the ability to solve KenKen puzzles!

  The puzzles look like sudoku, but in KenKen, math is part of the fun. Read on to build your puzzle powers. Soon you’ll be telling the world your new superhero saying: “I can KenKen!”

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  Scholastic Math: Can you KenKen?

  January 6, 2011

  Link: Article - Can You KenKen

  So, you're already a Sudoku superstar? Think you haven’t found a grid game yet that can get the best of you? Well, it’s time to try a new puzzle to bend your brain and put your logic and math skills to the test!