Sudoku star comes second in national final

By Ian Ross »

IT ALL added up for Congleton Sudoku specialist Dmitri Whitmore when he finished runner-up in The Times Newspaper's under-12 national championships.

The pint-sized mathematics prodigy, a pupil at the Junior Division at Kings School in Macclesfield, was one of thousands of entries to the intellectual teaser.

He qualified for the final in London as the youngest entrant in the competition.

Dmitri, who is said by Junior Division principal Geoff Shaw to be one of the best young mathematicians he has taught, said he owed his talent to his mum Olga.

"About two years ago my mum showed me how to do a Sudoku puzzle," he said.For Details