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• 7/20 Kudos to William Lane of Falmouth, MA on his Expert Sleuth title!
• 7/20 Kudos to Mary Neumeier of Wapakoneta, OH on her Master Sleuth title!
• 7/20 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "Alpha": William Lane of Falmouth, MA (USA) -- 3 minutes!
  • "Beta": Linda Haley of Rockford, IL (USA) -- 5 minutes!
• 7/18 New record number of solvers this week: 33!
• 7/13 Kudos to Pegge Schuermann of Cincinnati on her Expert Sleuth title!
• 7/13 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "Alpha": William Lane of Falmouth, MA (USA) -- 4 minutes!
  • "co-Beta": Gary Sargent and Linda Haley -- 7 minutes each!
• 7/6 Kudos to Randy Rogers of Cedar Rapids, IA on his Expert Sleuth title!
• 7/6 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "Alpha": Justin Smith of Trumansburg, NY (USA) -- 4 minutes!
  • "Beta": Howard Barkin of Hillsborough, NJ (USA) -- 8 minutes!
• 7/5 Reader Forum: See how our astute solvers cracked the 6/29 bonus puzzle!
• 7/5 Book Give-Away: Matt Dickey was randomly selected as our June winner!
• 7/3 Kudos to our April-June 2008 Solving Ladder winners!
  • "Alpha": Randy Rogers of Cedar Rapids, IA  (USA) -- 56 points
  • "co-Beta": Howard Barkin on Hillsborough, NJ (USA) -- 54 points
  • "co-Beta": Dan Katz of Providence, RI (USA) -- 54 points
• 6/29 Kudos to Howard Barkin and Dan Katz on their Expert Sleuth titles!
• 6/29 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "co-Alpha": Randy Rogers of Cedar Rapids, IA (USA) -- 4 minutes!
  • "co-Alpha": Howard Barkin of Hillsborough, NJ (USA) -- 4 minutes!
• 6/22 Congrats to this week's Contest Winners!
  • "co-Alpha": Justin Smith of Trumansburg, NY (USA) -- 3 minutes!
  • "co-Alpha": Randy Rogers of Cedar Rapids, IA (USA) -- 3 minutes!
• 6/20 Kudos to Megan Glass of Lufkin, TX on her Expert Sleuth title!
• 6/17 Kudos to Brenda Martin of Uncertain, TX on her Expert Sleuth title!
• 6/15 Kudos to Dave Brown & Gary Sargent, our first Master Sleuths!
• 6/14 Alpha Sleuth® debuts on Wikibin (sister site of Wikipedia)
• 6/8 Kudos to Justin Smith of Trumansburg, NY on his Expert Sleuth title!
• 6/2 Kudos to Priscilla Meinking on her Expert Sleuth title.  WTG Mom!  :-)
• 5/31 Book Give-Away: we randomly selected Justin Smith as our May winner!
• 5/19 Kudos to Dan Thompson of Cleveland, OH on his Expert Sleuth title!
• 5/18 Kudos to Noam Livnat of Lev Hashomron (Israel) on his Expert Sleuth title!
• 5/11 New article: "My First Alpha Sleuth®" -- a Mother's Day special!
• 5/5 Released Solving Tool v2.x; upgrade required for Solving Contest users.
• 5/3 Book Give-Away: we randomly selected Dan Thompson as our April winner!
• 4/15 Six Alpha Sleuth® puzzles to appear in Brain Games Book 6.  Details here.
• 4/13 Solver Howard Barkin sets new solving record: 1 minute!
• 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.