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• 5/11 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!  (all in at 4 minutes each)
  • "co-Alpha": Howard Barkin of Hillsborough, NJ (USA)
  • "co-Alpha": William Lane of Falmouth, MA (USA)
  • "co-Alpha": Colleen Meinking of Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• 5/5 Released Solving Tool v2.x; upgrade required for Solving Contest players.
• 5/4 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "Alpha": Dan Katz of Providence, RI (USA) -- 3 minutes!
  • "co-Beta": William Lane of Falmouth, MA (USA) -- 10 minutes
  • "co-Beta": Justin Smith of Trumansburg, NY (USA) -- 10 minutes
• 5/3 Book Give-Away: we randomly selected Dan Thompson as our April winner!
• 4/27 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!  (all in at 2 minutes each)
  • "co-Alpha": Randy Rogers of Cedar Rapids, IA (USA)
  • "co-Alpha": Dan Katz of Providence, RI (USA)
  • "co-Alpha": Howard Barkin of Hillsborough, NJ (USA)
• 4/20 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "Alpha": Dan Katz of Providence, RI (USA) -- 2 minutes!
  • "Beta": Gary Noel Sargent of Rockford, IL -- 3 minutes!
• 4/15 Six Alpha Sleuth® puzzles to appear in Brain Games Book 6.  Details here.
• 4/13 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "Alpha": Howard Barkin of Hillsborough, NJ (USA) -- 1 minute, new record!
  • "Beta": Dan Katz of Providence, RI (USA) -- 2 minutes!
• 4/7 Revamped our Introduction, Solving Tips and Sample Puzzles pages.
• 4/6 Kudos to Colleen Meinking & Miriam Schneidmill on their Expert Sleuth titles!
• 4/5 Book Give-Away: we randomly selected John Miller as our March winner!
• 4/4 Updated our Contest Rules and Ladder Rules.
• 3/30 Kudos to the January-March 2008 Solving Ladder winners:
  • "Alpha": David L. Brown of Rockford, IL (USA), 40 points
  • "Beta": Gary Sargent of Rockford, IL (USA), 39 points
• 3/28 New record number of solvers (31) for this week's Solving Contest.
• 3/27 Solving Contest extended to 6 days.  Hints will be posted after 3pm Wednesday.
• 3/23 Kudos to Mike Neumeier & Ron Schuermann who earned Expert Sleuth titles!
• 3/8 Alpha Sleuth® Composing Tool v2.0 released.
• 3/6 This Alpha Sleuth® article appeared in the Mar/Apr '08 Ohio Chess Connection.
• 3/6 Fundraiser update: final shipment of 200 booklets sent to APO, earmarked for Iraq.
• 3/1 Book Give-Away: we randomly selected Mary Neumeier as our February winner!
• 2/24 Kudos to Mary Neumeier of Wapakoneta, OH, our third Expert Sleuth titlist!
• 2/23 Alpha Sleuth® Solving Tool v2.0 released.  Mandatory upgrade by 4/1/2008.
• 2/17 Kudos to Gary Sargent & Dave Brown -- our first Expert Sleuth title recipients!
• 2/15 Alpha Sleuth® is now an officially registered trademark.
• 2/13 Completed our first contract with Brain Games Magazine.  Details here.
• 11/26 Alpha Sleuth® is switching from magazine to book format.
• 10/12: See our Media page for three recent articles on Alpha Sleuth®
• 10/5: Alpha Sleuth® now available at six Cincinnati area retail locations.

First-Time Visitors

• About Us details our company and Alpha Sleuth® editorial staff.
• History explains how the Alpha Sleuth® evolved.
• Introduction covers the basic puzzle concept.
• Solving Tips prepares you for your mission!

Alpha Sleuth® Products & Services

• Purchase Alpha Sleuth®, Volume 1; 48 puzzles in our first-ever publication!
• Try our free Solving Tool to solve Alpha Sleuth® puzzles on your computer screen.
• Participate in our weekly Solving Contest.  Match wits with Sleuths around the globe!
• Contest Winners are posted weekly. Track their progess in our Solving Ladder.