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Date	Puzzle	Answer
Tue, Nov 3, 2026	Pips	Easy #1436 · Medium #1458 · Hard #1459 Easy #1436: 1-2 [0,0]-[0,1]; 2-0 [0,2]-[0,3]; 1-1 [1,0]-[2,0]; 3-3 [1,3]-[2,3]; 0-3 [1,1]-[1,2] \| Medium #1458: 6-3 [0,0]-[1,0]; 4-1 [0,2]-[1,2]; 3-2 [2,0]-[2,1]; 4-4 [3,3]-[3,4]; 3-0 [1,3]-[2,3]; 4-2 [3,2]-[2,2]; 5-5 [0,1]-[1,1] \| Hard #1459: 5-5 [5,2]-[5,3]; 3-3 [4,5]-[5,5]; 3-2 [4,1]-[3,1]; 0-6 [2,0]-[2,1]; 2-0 [3,0]-[4,0]; 0-1 [1,1]-[0,1]; 0-5 [1,2]-[0,2]; 1-5 [0,4]-[0,3]; 2-5 [0,0]-[1,0]; 3-6 [3,4]-[2,4]; 0-4 [1,4]-[1,5]; 1-1 [4,3]-[4,4]; 2-4 [5,0]-[5,1]; 3-4 [3,5]-[2,5]
Mon, Nov 2, 2026	Pips	Easy #1433 · Medium #1455 · Hard #1456 Easy #1433: 0-5 [2,4]-[2,5]; 3-4 [2,0]-[2,1]; 1-3 [0,4]-[1,4]; 1-4 [0,1]-[1,1]; 1-0 [2,2]-[2,3] \| Medium #1455: 4-3 [2,0]-[1,0]; 5-1 [2,3]-[2,2]; 3-1 [0,2]-[1,2]; 2-5 [2,1]-[1,1]; 5-4 [2,4]-[2,5]; 4-4 [0,5]-[1,5]; 2-3 [1,4]-[1,3] \| Hard #1456: 4-3 [1,2]-[1,3]; 3-2 [0,6]-[0,5]; 3-1 [2,3]-[2,4]; 0-5 [4,3]-[3,3]; 2-0 [2,6]-[3,6]; 0-3 [4,4]-[4,5]; 1-1 [1,5]-[2,5]; 1-4 [2,0]-[2,1]; 2-5 [7,3]-[7,4]; 4-4 [2,2]-[3,2]; 4-5 [4,2]-[4,1]; 2-6 [3,4]-[3,5]; 1-6 [1,7]-[1,6]; 1-2 [0,4]-[1,4]; 4-0 [3,1]-[3,0]; 0-0 [5,3]-[6,3]
Sun, Nov 1, 2026	Pips	Easy #1430 · Medium #1452 · Hard #1453 Easy #1430: 4-3 [3,0]-[3,1]; 6-5 [4,1]-[4,2]; 5-4 [0,3]-[0,4]; 1-5 [2,1]-[2,2]; 5-5 [1,2]-[1,3] \| Medium #1452: 1-3 [1,5]-[0,5]; 4-5 [2,4]-[2,5]; 6-6 [2,2]-[2,3]; 0-3 [1,3]-[1,4]; 3-3 [0,0]-[1,0]; 4-6 [1,1]-[1,2]; 2-6 [2,0]-[2,1] \| Hard #1453: 0-1 [1,0]-[0,0]; 0-2 [2,3]-[1,3]; 0-3 [3,3]-[3,4]; 0-4 [3,0]-[2,0]; 0-5 [2,5]-[3,5]; 1-2 [5,5]-[4,5]; 1-3 [5,3]-[5,2]; 1-4 [0,1]-[1,1]; 1-5 [4,3]-[4,2]; 2-3 [4,1]-[5,1]; 2-4 [0,2]-[1,2]; 2-5 [4,4]-[5,4]; 3-4 [0,3]-[0,4]; 3-5 [2,1]-[3,1]; 4-5 [2,4]-[1,4]; 3-6 [2,2]-[3,2]
Sat, Oct 31, 2026	Pips	Easy #1427 · Medium #1449 · Hard #1450 Easy #1427: 2-6 [0,0]-[1,0]; 3-2 [1,2]-[1,3]; 3-5 [0,2]-[0,3]; 1-6 [0,4]-[1,4]; 3-6 [0,1]-[1,1] \| Medium #1449: 2-6 [2,3]-[2,2]; 2-0 [1,3]-[1,2]; 5-4 [1,5]-[2,5]; 2-3 [2,0]-[2,1]; 1-0 [1,0]-[1,1]; 4-3 [0,2]-[0,1]; 2-2 [1,4]-[2,4] \| Hard #1450: 5-5 [4,6]-[4,7]; 4-4 [3,5]-[3,6]; 5-2 [4,2]-[4,3]; 1-4 [4,5]-[4,4]; 2-0 [6,4]-[6,5]; 0-0 [2,2]-[3,2]; 1-3 [7,4]-[7,3]; 2-3 [1,0]-[1,1]; 3-6 [3,1]-[2,1]; 4-6 [3,7]-[2,7]; 1-2 [0,2]-[1,2]; 4-5 [5,4]-[5,3]; 3-4 [3,3]-[3,4]; 2-2 [5,5]-[5,6]
Fri, Oct 30, 2026	Pips	Easy #1424 · Medium #1425 · Hard #1426 Easy #1424: 0-0 [2,0]-[3,0]; 5-0 [2,3]-[3,3]; 3-1 [1,1]-[1,2]; 0-1 [2,1]-[2,2]; 5-5 [0,3]-[1,3] \| Medium #1425: 2-3 [1,1]-[0,1]; 4-0 [2,0]-[2,1]; 5-3 [1,4]-[1,3]; 2-2 [1,5]-[2,5]; 2-0 [2,4]-[2,3]; 3-3 [1,2]-[2,2]; 2-1 [1,0]-[0,0] \| Hard #1426: 4-5 [3,5]-[4,5]; 4-3 [3,2]-[3,3]; 6-1 [0,6]-[1,6]; 0-5 [2,4]-[3,4]; 3-0 [1,7]-[1,8]; 4-1 [5,7]-[5,6]; 3-3 [5,2]-[5,3]; 4-4 [2,5]-[2,6]; 6-6 [3,0]-[3,1]; 6-4 [2,7]-[2,8]; 3-5 [2,3]-[2,2]; 2-1 [3,6]-[4,6]; 2-6 [4,2]-[4,1]
Thu, Oct 29, 2026	Pips	Easy #1400 · Medium #1406 · Hard #1414 Easy #1400: 0-4 [2,1]-[2,2]; 0-5 [0,1]-[0,2]; 4-5 [2,0]-[1,0]; 3-6 [3,1]-[3,2]; 1-6 [1,3]-[2,3] \| Medium #1406: 6-3 [1,2]-[1,3]; 5-0 [2,3]-[3,3]; 6-6 [2,2]-[3,2]; 1-6 [1,0]-[0,0]; 2-0 [3,0]-[2,0]; 1-2 [4,1]-[3,1]; 6-4 [2,1]-[1,1] \| Hard #1414: 0-3 [6,3]-[7,3]; 6-0 [1,8]-[1,7]; 3-2 [5,4]-[5,3]; 4-3 [4,3]-[4,4]; 6-6 [3,6]-[4,6]; 0-1 [8,3]-[8,4]; 0-5 [5,2]-[4,2]; 1-5 [2,0]-[3,0]; 2-6 [2,7]-[2,6]; 3-6 [5,5]-[4,5]; 3-5 [2,1]-[2,2]; 2-4 [1,5]-[1,6]; 1-3 [3,2]-[3,3]; 4-0 [0,7]-[0,6]
Wed, Oct 28, 2026	Pips	Easy #1402 · Medium #1407 · Hard #1415 Easy #1402: 0-0 [0,5]-[1,5]; 1-4 [3,3]-[3,2]; 6-4 [2,1]-[3,1]; 2-5 [3,4]-[2,4]; 1-1 [0,0]-[1,0] \| Medium #1407: 2-3 [2,3]-[3,3]; 6-0 [3,0]-[2,0]; 5-5 [1,2]-[1,3]; 0-4 [2,1]-[1,1]; 1-4 [2,2]-[3,2]; 5-3 [0,2]-[0,1]; 2-1 [1,0]-[0,0] \| Hard #1415: 0-1 [3,2]-[3,3]; 0-2 [1,5]-[2,5]; 0-3 [4,5]-[3,5]; 0-4 [2,0]-[1,0]; 0-5 [1,3]-[2,3]; 1-2 [5,2]-[4,2]; 1-3 [1,1]-[0,1]; 1-4 [5,3]-[5,4]; 1-5 [4,0]-[3,0]; 2-3 [2,1]-[3,1]; 2-4 [0,4]-[1,4]; 2-5 [4,1]-[5,1]; 3-4 [3,4]-[2,4]; 3-5 [4,3]-[4,4]; 4-5 [0,2]-[0,3]; 3-6 [1,2]-[2,2]
Tue, Oct 27, 2026	Pips	Easy #1404 · Medium #1409 · Hard #1417 Easy #1404: 1-0 [1,1]-[0,1]; 5-1 [2,2]-[1,2]; 2-3 [2,4]-[1,4]; 4-3 [0,3]-[1,3]; 2-6 [2,0]-[1,0] \| Medium #1409: 2-0 [2,3]-[1,3]; 1-6 [3,3]-[4,3]; 4-4 [2,1]-[3,1]; 0-3 [0,1]-[1,1]; 2-3 [3,2]-[4,2]; 2-6 [1,0]-[2,0]; 6-0 [2,2]-[1,2] \| Hard #1417: 5-3 [9,2]-[8,2]; 1-2 [6,7]-[7,7]; 0-3 [5,7]-[5,6]; 2-6 [3,2]-[4,2]; 5-5 [6,2]-[7,2]; 4-4 [5,4]-[5,5]; 2-4 [5,2]-[5,3]; 4-0 [6,3]-[6,4]; 1-3 [6,5]-[7,5]; 0-1 [8,5]-[9,5]; 1-1 [1,0]-[1,1]; 1-4 [2,1]-[2,2]; 6-1 [0,2]-[1,2]
Mon, Oct 26, 2026	Pips	Easy #1412 · Medium #1420 · Hard #1423 Easy #1412: 5-5 [3,0]-[3,1]; 6-4 [2,3]-[1,3]; 1-6 [3,3]-[3,2]; 2-1 [2,0]-[1,0]; 1-1 [0,0]-[0,1] \| Medium #1420: 0-5 [1,1]-[2,1]; 1-3 [0,1]-[0,0]; 6-4 [2,0]-[1,0]; 2-5 [2,2]-[3,2]; 1-1 [0,2]-[1,2]; 4-5 [2,3]-[1,3]; 2-1 [1,4]-[2,4] \| Hard #1423: 5-3 [0,7]-[1,7]; 5-2 [3,5]-[4,5]; 6-1 [3,4]-[4,4]; 0-6 [5,6]-[5,5]; 1-0 [2,2]-[2,3]; 4-0 [4,1]-[3,1]; 1-1 [3,2]-[4,2]; 2-3 [3,3]-[4,3]; 2-6 [2,7]-[2,8]; 0-0 [3,6]-[4,6]; 3-6 [4,8]-[3,8]; 5-1 [2,0]-[2,1]; 0-5 [2,6]-[1,6]; 2-4 [2,5]-[2,4]; 3-3 [5,1]-[5,2]; 4-4 [0,8]-[1,8]
Sun, Oct 25, 2026	Pips	Easy #1401 · Medium #1405 · Hard #1413 Easy #1401: 3-5 [0,1]-[0,0]; 4-1 [3,2]-[3,1]; 1-0 [2,1]-[1,1]; 0-2 [1,2]-[2,2]; 3-0 [0,3]-[0,2] \| Medium #1405: 2-4 [3,1]-[3,2]; 6-0 [2,3]-[3,3]; 3-3 [2,0]-[2,1]; 1-3 [1,1]-[0,1]; 6-5 [4,2]-[4,1]; 2-3 [1,2]-[2,2]; 0-0 [0,2]-[0,3] \| Hard #1413: 0-1 [4,4]-[4,5]; 0-2 [1,0]-[0,0]; 0-3 [1,1]-[2,1]; 0-4 [4,1]-[3,1]; 0-5 [3,5]-[2,5]; 1-2 [3,3]-[3,4]; 1-3 [3,0]-[2,0]; 1-4 [4,2]-[3,2]; 1-5 [5,3]-[4,3]; 2-3 [2,4]-[1,4]; 2-4 [5,5]-[5,4]; 2-5 [0,3]-[0,4]; 3-4 [1,2]-[1,3]; 3-5 [0,2]-[0,1]; 4-5 [5,1]-[5,2]; 3-6 [2,2]-[2,3]
Sat, Oct 24, 2026	Pips	Easy #1410 · Medium #1418 · Hard #1421 Easy #1410: 6-3 [1,4]-[0,4]; 2-2 [2,0]-[2,1]; 3-2 [3,2]-[3,3]; 0-6 [3,4]-[2,4]; 5-4 [0,2]-[0,3] \| Medium #1418: 5-3 [0,3]-[0,2]; 3-0 [3,1]-[3,2]; 5-5 [0,1]-[1,1]; 0-0 [1,2]-[2,2]; 2-2 [2,3]-[3,3]; 4-1 [1,0]-[0,0]; 3-6 [2,1]-[2,0] \| Hard #1421: 0-1 [4,1]-[5,1]; 0-2 [2,3]-[3,3]; 0-3 [4,5]-[3,5]; 0-4 [0,2]-[0,1]; 0-5 [4,2]-[5,2]; 1-2 [2,0]-[1,0]; 1-3 [3,0]-[4,0]; 1-4 [3,2]-[2,2]; 1-5 [0,3]-[1,3]; 2-3 [1,4]-[0,4]; 2-4 [3,1]-[2,1]; 2-5 [4,3]-[4,4]; 3-4 [1,5]-[2,5]; 3-5 [2,4]-[3,4]; 4-5 [5,3]-[5,4]; 3-6 [1,2]-[1,1]
Fri, Oct 23, 2026	Pips	Easy #1411 · Medium #1419 · Hard #1422 Easy #1411: 4-4 [0,2]-[1,2]; 3-1 [0,1]-[0,0]; 5-2 [0,3]-[1,3]; 6-5 [1,4]-[0,4]; 2-4 [1,0]-[1,1] \| Medium #1419: 2-2 [0,1]-[1,1]; 5-5 [2,0]-[3,0]; 4-4 [1,2]-[1,3]; 0-4 [2,1]-[2,2]; 1-4 [4,2]-[3,2]; 4-2 [3,1]-[4,1]; 5-6 [1,0]-[0,0] \| Hard #1422: 0-1 [2,5]-[1,5]; 0-2 [5,1]-[4,1]; 0-3 [0,4]-[1,4]; 0-4 [0,1]-[0,2]; 0-5 [3,0]-[4,0]; 1-2 [0,3]-[1,3]; 1-3 [1,1]-[1,2]; 1-4 [2,4]-[2,3]; 1-5 [3,5]-[4,5]; 2-3 [1,0]-[2,0]; 2-4 [2,2]-[3,2]; 2-5 [5,3]-[5,2]; 3-4 [2,1]-[3,1]; 3-5 [5,4]-[4,4]; 4-5 [4,3]-[4,2]; 3-6 [3,3]-[3,4]
Thu, Oct 22, 2026	Pips	Easy #1403 · Medium #1408 · Hard #1416 Easy #1403: 0-5 [2,2]-[1,2]; 6-6 [2,3]-[3,3]; 3-3 [0,1]-[1,1]; 4-0 [3,1]-[3,2]; 0-0 [2,0]-[2,1] \| Medium #1408: 4-3 [3,1]-[3,2]; 4-1 [1,0]-[1,1]; 6-6 [2,0]-[2,1]; 0-2 [3,3]-[2,3]; 2-4 [0,2]-[0,1]; 5-3 [2,2]-[1,2]; 5-1 [4,2]-[4,3] \| Hard #1416: 4-6 [3,6]-[2,6]; 4-2 [2,2]-[2,1]; 0-2 [0,5]-[0,4]; 1-1 [3,0]-[4,0]; 6-2 [0,2]-[1,2]; 4-0 [0,0]-[0,1]; 1-3 [4,6]-[5,6]; 1-0 [0,8]-[0,7]; 4-5 [1,0]-[2,0]; 2-2 [3,2]-[4,2]; 0-6 [1,6]-[0,6]
Wed, Oct 21, 2026	Pips	Easy #1378 · Medium #1382 · Hard #1390 Easy #1378: 3-6 [1,2]-[1,1]; 2-4 [1,3]-[1,4]; 1-0 [2,2]-[2,3]; 6-6 [0,4]-[0,5]; 4-0 [0,1]-[0,0] \| Medium #1382: 2-6 [2,2]-[2,3]; 1-1 [0,3]-[0,4]; 3-4 [2,0]-[2,1]; 1-5 [1,1]-[1,0]; 4-4 [3,2]-[3,3]; 1-0 [1,3]-[1,2]; 2-5 [0,2]-[0,1] \| Hard #1390: 4-3 [3,8]-[3,7]; 4-4 [0,5]-[0,6]; 2-2 [0,0]-[1,0]; 1-3 [4,5]-[5,5]; 2-0 [1,1]-[2,1]; 4-0 [2,3]-[2,2]; 1-4 [1,3]-[0,3]; 2-4 [3,6]-[3,5]; 3-5 [2,8]-[1,8]; 0-0 [4,3]-[5,3]; 5-4 [2,5]-[1,5]; 2-1 [5,0]-[4,0]; 1-5 [4,8]-[5,8]; 5-5 [2,0]-[3,0]; 2-5 [0,8]-[0,7]; 3-6 [3,2]-[3,3]
Tue, Oct 20, 2026	Pips	Easy #1377 · Medium #1381 · Hard #1389 Easy #1377: 3-4 [2,2]-[1,2]; 1-1 [3,1]-[3,2]; 4-1 [4,3]-[4,2]; 0-3 [0,3]-[1,3]; 3-1 [2,1]-[2,0] \| Medium #1381: 2-6 [0,0]-[0,1]; 2-0 [0,3]-[0,2]; 4-3 [1,3]-[1,2]; 0-3 [2,1]-[2,0]; 0-0 [3,1]-[3,2]; 1-3 [1,1]-[1,0]; 3-5 [2,2]-[2,3] \| Hard #1389: 5-3 [1,0]-[0,0]; 4-1 [3,0]-[4,0]; 6-2 [1,7]-[0,7]; 0-4 [2,1]-[2,0]; 6-5 [0,4]-[1,4]; 0-3 [8,6]-[7,6]; 2-1 [5,2]-[6,2]; 3-4 [8,4]-[8,3]; 2-5 [6,6]-[5,6]; 5-5 [2,4]-[3,4]; 4-5 [0,1]-[0,2]; 3-3 [7,2]-[8,2]; 2-3 [8,7]-[8,8]; 1-1 [2,7]-[3,7]; 1-0 [3,6]-[3,5]
Mon, Oct 19, 2026	Pips	Easy #1379 · Medium #1383 · Hard #1391 Easy #1379: 5-5 [0,1]-[0,2]; 2-1 [1,3]-[0,3]; 1-5 [2,1]-[3,1]; 5-4 [0,0]-[1,0]; 2-6 [2,2]-[1,2] \| Medium #1383: 4-3 [3,0]-[2,0]; 4-2 [0,1]-[0,2]; 6-3 [1,3]-[1,2]; 0-4 [2,1]-[2,2]; 6-1 [1,0]-[1,1]; 5-1 [2,3]-[3,3]; 4-4 [3,2]-[4,2] \| Hard #1391: 2-6 [2,2]-[2,1]; 4-0 [3,5]-[4,5]; 4-4 [0,0]-[0,1]; 3-3 [1,0]-[2,0]; 6-1 [1,5]-[0,5]; 4-6 [4,7]-[4,6]; 2-4 [0,3]-[0,2]; 2-0 [2,6]-[2,5]; 3-5 [0,7]-[0,6]; 5-5 [3,0]-[4,0]
Sun, Oct 18, 2026	Pips	Easy #1376 · Medium #1380 · Hard #1388 Easy #1376: 6-1 [2,2]-[1,2]; 4-3 [3,3]-[3,2]; 1-5 [1,1]-[1,0]; 1-1 [2,0]-[2,1]; 4-1 [0,3]-[0,2] \| Medium #1380: 6-3 [3,1]-[2,1]; 4-2 [2,4]-[2,3]; 6-4 [1,5]-[2,5]; 5-3 [0,0]-[1,0]; 2-1 [1,3]-[1,4]; 4-4 [0,1]-[1,1]; 2-5 [2,2]-[1,2] \| Hard #1388: 6-3 [6,0]-[6,1]; 3-2 [3,1]-[3,0]; 6-2 [2,4]-[2,5]; 1-3 [4,2]-[5,2]; 2-0 [0,0]-[0,1]; 0-3 [6,6]-[5,6]; 1-4 [1,0]-[2,0]; 2-4 [5,5]-[6,5]; 3-4 [2,2]-[1,2]; 4-6 [0,7]-[1,7]; 6-6 [0,4]-[1,4]; 5-3 [5,0]-[4,0]; 2-5 [3,6]-[4,6]; 2-2 [2,6]-[2,7]; 2-1 [3,5]-[4,5]
Sat, Oct 17, 2026	Pips	Easy #1384 · Medium #1393 · Hard #1396 Easy #1384: 0-0 [1,3]-[1,4]; 6-0 [2,0]-[2,1]; 5-0 [2,2]-[2,3]; 0-1 [1,1]-[0,1]; 2-2 [0,2]-[0,3] \| Medium #1393: 2-0 [1,1]-[1,2]; 3-6 [3,0]-[3,1]; 5-5 [2,1]-[2,2]; 5-0 [2,0]-[1,0]; 3-3 [1,3]-[2,3]; 6-2 [3,2]-[3,3]; 4-6 [0,2]-[0,3] \| Hard #1396: 6-6 [4,7]-[4,8]; 3-5 [0,2]-[1,2]; 3-2 [2,2]-[3,2]; 1-4 [3,4]-[4,4]; 2-0 [0,5]-[0,6]; 6-3 [4,6]-[5,6]; 2-6 [1,4]-[0,4]; 1-6 [0,1]-[0,0]; 0-3 [2,5]-[2,4]; 0-0 [7,6]-[8,6]; 0-5 [4,0]-[3,0]; 4-3 [6,6]-[6,7]; 2-2 [1,0]-[2,0]; 6-5 [4,1]-[4,2]
Fri, Oct 16, 2026	Pips	Easy #1387 · Medium #1395 · Hard #1399 Easy #1387: 3-5 [1,2]-[2,2]; 5-4 [2,1]-[3,1]; 6-4 [4,2]-[4,1]; 4-4 [3,0]-[4,0]; 2-1 [1,3]-[0,3] \| Medium #1395: 1-5 [2,0]-[2,1]; 5-4 [2,4]-[1,4]; 4-2 [1,1]-[1,2]; 5-5 [2,2]-[2,3]; 0-3 [3,4]-[3,3]; 4-0 [3,1]-[3,0]; 1-0 [1,3]-[0,3] \| Hard #1399: 5-5 [4,6]-[5,6]; 4-3 [4,3]-[5,3]; 3-2 [0,6]-[1,6]; 0-1 [5,0]-[4,0]; 1-2 [4,1]-[5,1]; 4-5 [2,6]-[3,6]; 2-6 [2,1]-[1,1]; 1-5 [1,0]-[2,0]; 1-1 [1,4]-[2,4]; 0-0 [0,3]-[1,3]; 3-0 [3,3]-[2,3]; 4-1 [3,1]-[3,0]; 3-5 [2,5]-[3,5]; 2-4 [0,0]-[0,1]
Thu, Oct 15, 2026	Pips	Easy #1386 · Medium #1394 · Hard #1398 Easy #1386: 5-1 [1,3]-[0,3]; 5-6 [1,2]-[1,1]; 4-2 [2,1]-[2,0]; 3-6 [3,2]-[2,2]; 4-0 [1,0]-[0,0] \| Medium #1394: 4-2 [2,0]-[3,0]; 3-3 [1,0]-[1,1]; 5-2 [4,3]-[4,2]; 3-4 [0,2]-[1,2]; 1-4 [4,1]-[4,0]; 5-4 [2,3]-[1,3]; 5-5 [3,2]-[3,3]; 4-0 [2,1]-[2,2] \| Hard #1398: 4-6 [0,7]-[1,7]; 4-3 [3,6]-[2,6]; 2-2 [1,5]-[2,5]; 0-5 [3,7]-[2,7]; 4-4 [2,4]-[3,4]; 3-3 [3,0]-[3,1]; 1-4 [0,0]-[0,1]; 2-0 [1,0]-[2,0]; 1-3 [2,2]-[3,2]; 2-4 [1,4]-[0,4]; 3-5 [0,2]-[1,2]
Wed, Oct 14, 2026	Pips	Easy #1385 · Medium #1392 · Hard #1397 Easy #1385: 2-4 [0,2]-[1,2]; 3-3 [1,0]-[2,0]; 1-5 [2,1]-[1,1]; 0-0 [3,1]-[4,1]; 1-1 [2,2]-[3,2] \| Medium #1392: 4-4 [1,4]-[2,4]; 3-4 [0,1]-[0,0]; 0-0 [0,3]-[0,4]; 5-1 [2,2]-[2,1]; 0-6 [2,3]-[1,3]; 1-0 [1,1]-[1,0]; 6-3 [1,2]-[0,2] \| Hard #1397: 2-6 [0,7]-[1,7]; 4-0 [0,1]-[0,2]; 6-1 [1,0]-[0,0]; 5-6 [5,5]-[5,6]; 1-1 [2,0]-[3,0]; 0-5 [3,4]-[2,4]; 1-3 [3,1]-[3,2]; 2-3 [5,3]-[5,2]; 6-6 [3,5]-[3,6]; 3-3 [1,2]-[2,2]; 0-6 [5,4]-[6,4]; 5-1 [7,4]-[8,4]; 2-4 [3,7]-[2,7]; 4-4 [0,4]-[1,4]
Tue, Oct 13, 2026	Pips	Easy #1316 · Medium #1322 · Hard #1338 Easy #1316: 6-6 [0,2]-[0,3]; 6-1 [3,3]-[3,2]; 3-6 [1,1]-[1,0]; 1-3 [3,1]-[2,1]; 6-0 [2,3]-[1,3] \| Medium #1322: 0-1 [1,3]-[1,4]; 0-0 [2,0]-[2,1]; 1-5 [1,1]-[1,2]; 4-3 [2,2]-[2,3]; 4-2 [0,5]-[0,4]; 3-5 [0,3]-[0,2]; 0-2 [1,5]-[2,5] \| Hard #1338: 4-3 [2,5]-[3,5]; 2-5 [1,3]-[2,3]; 6-1 [0,2]-[0,3]; 0-6 [3,2]-[3,3]; 3-1 [5,6]-[5,7]; 2-2 [0,5]-[1,5]; 2-6 [5,3]-[4,3]; 3-5 [3,0]-[3,1]; 4-6 [4,5]-[5,5]; 3-3 [1,0]-[2,0]; 2-4 [4,0]-[5,0]; 4-1 [0,0]-[0,1]
Mon, Oct 12, 2026	Pips	Easy #1334 · Medium #1350 · Hard #1360 Easy #1334: 2-4 [1,1]-[1,2]; 5-5 [0,2]-[0,3]; 2-0 [2,2]-[2,3]; 6-2 [2,0]-[2,1]; 3-2 [0,0]-[0,1] \| Medium #1350: 5-4 [2,5]-[2,4]; 2-1 [1,1]-[1,0]; 3-0 [2,3]-[3,3]; 0-4 [1,2]-[1,3]; 2-4 [2,1]-[2,0]; 3-5 [0,2]-[0,3]; 4-4 [1,4]-[1,5]; 3-2 [2,2]-[3,2] \| Hard #1360: 0-1 [4,2]-[4,3]; 0-2 [2,5]-[2,4]; 0-3 [3,5]-[4,5]; 0-4 [3,2]-[2,2]; 0-5 [5,4]-[4,4]; 1-2 [3,1]-[2,1]; 1-3 [3,0]-[4,0]; 1-4 [1,0]-[2,0]; 1-5 [2,3]-[1,3]; 2-3 [0,3]-[0,4]; 2-4 [0,1]-[1,1]; 2-5 [5,3]-[5,2]; 3-4 [1,5]-[1,4]; 3-5 [5,1]-[4,1]; 4-5 [3,4]-[3,3]; 3-6 [0,2]-[1,2]
Sun, Oct 11, 2026	Pips	Easy #1321 · Medium #1327 · Hard #1343 Easy #1321: 6-4 [1,4]-[1,3]; 2-2 [0,3]-[0,4]; 4-0 [2,0]-[2,1]; 2-4 [0,2]-[1,2]; 3-4 [1,0]-[1,1] \| Medium #1327: 1-0 [0,0]-[1,0]; 4-2 [0,2]-[0,1]; 2-2 [0,3]-[1,3]; 5-1 [3,3]-[2,3]; 0-5 [3,1]-[3,2]; 3-4 [3,0]-[2,0]; 2-0 [1,1]-[1,2] \| Hard #1343: 0-4 [1,6]-[0,6]; 6-1 [0,3]-[1,3]; 4-2 [3,5]-[4,5]; 6-3 [4,6]-[3,6]; 5-5 [1,1]-[2,1]; 4-4 [2,0]-[3,0]; 2-5 [1,0]-[0,0]; 0-6 [3,3]-[3,2]; 2-2 [5,5]-[5,6]; 0-0 [4,3]-[5,3]; 3-1 [0,5]-[1,5]; 3-2 [4,0]-[5,0]; 4-5 [2,2]-[2,3]; 2-6 [2,6]-[2,5]
Sat, Oct 10, 2026	Pips	Easy #1319 · Medium #1326 · Hard #1342 Easy #1319: 4-4 [1,2]-[2,2]; 6-1 [1,1]-[0,1]; 0-2 [2,0]-[1,0]; 0-5 [2,1]-[3,1]; 6-5 [3,3]-[3,2] \| Medium #1326: 3-3 [1,0]-[1,1]; 1-4 [1,2]-[0,2]; 4-4 [3,2]-[3,3]; 6-4 [3,1]-[3,0]; 1-2 [1,3]-[2,3]; 5-2 [2,2]-[2,1]; 6-5 [0,1]-[0,0] \| Hard #1342: 0-1 [2,1]-[2,2]; 0-2 [1,5]-[2,5]; 0-3 [0,3]-[0,2]; 0-4 [1,4]-[0,4]; 0-5 [4,2]-[5,2]; 1-2 [1,3]-[1,2]; 1-3 [2,3]-[2,4]; 1-4 [4,1]-[5,1]; 1-5 [5,3]-[5,4]; 2-3 [4,3]-[3,3]; 2-4 [2,0]-[1,0]; 2-5 [4,4]-[4,5]; 3-4 [0,1]-[1,1]; 3-5 [3,2]-[3,1]; 4-5 [4,0]-[3,0]; 3-6 [3,5]-[3,4]
Fri, Oct 9, 2026	Pips	Easy #1332 · Medium #1347 · Hard #1357 Easy #1332: 1-1 [0,1]-[1,1]; 2-2 [0,3]-[1,3]; 1-3 [0,0]-[1,0]; 6-2 [1,2]-[0,2]; 6-3 [2,2]-[2,1] \| Medium #1347: 5-5 [1,3]-[2,3]; 0-0 [0,0]-[0,1]; 3-1 [0,3]-[0,2]; 2-6 [2,0]-[1,0]; 0-3 [2,1]-[3,1]; 5-3 [2,2]-[3,2]; 6-0 [1,1]-[1,2] \| Hard #1357: 4-3 [0,1]-[0,0]; 4-2 [0,7]-[1,7]; 6-1 [2,4]-[3,4]; 0-3 [2,7]-[3,7]; 6-6 [0,4]-[1,4]; 5-2 [4,4]-[4,5]; 2-2 [4,6]-[4,7]; 0-4 [2,0]-[1,0]; 3-3 [2,1]-[2,2]; 2-3 [4,2]-[3,2]; 0-2 [4,0]-[3,0]; 3-1 [0,2]-[1,2]
Thu, Oct 8, 2026	Pips	Easy #1320 · Medium #1325 · Hard #1340 Easy #1320: 5-5 [0,1]-[1,1]; 0-6 [3,0]-[3,1]; 1-5 [2,2]-[2,1]; 0-1 [0,2]-[1,2]; 3-3 [1,0]-[2,0] \| Medium #1325: 3-1 [2,4]-[3,4]; 5-6 [0,2]-[1,2]; 1-1 [0,0]-[0,1]; 2-2 [3,1]-[4,1]; 3-5 [2,3]-[3,3]; 2-1 [3,2]-[2,2]; 4-2 [2,0]-[3,0]; 5-0 [2,1]-[1,1] \| Hard #1340: 0-5 [3,5]-[2,5]; 3-4 [3,4]-[2,4]; 0-0 [3,0]-[3,1]; 4-5 [4,0]-[4,1]; 3-3 [5,1]-[5,2]; 4-0 [0,2]-[1,2]; 3-1 [3,3]-[3,2]; 4-2 [5,4]-[5,3]; 6-3 [2,2]-[2,1]; 0-2 [4,3]-[4,2]; 4-4 [4,4]-[4,5]; 1-0 [2,3]-[1,3]; 6-4 [1,0]-[2,0]; 0-3 [1,4]-[1,5]; 1-4 [0,4]-[0,3]; 3-2 [1,1]-[0,1]
Wed, Oct 7, 2026	Pips	Easy #1329 · Medium #1345 · Hard #1355 Easy #1329: 0-3 [0,1]-[0,2]; 4-1 [2,2]-[2,1]; 1-2 [0,0]-[1,0]; 2-5 [0,4]-[0,3]; 5-4 [2,3]-[1,3] \| Medium #1345: 0-6 [2,2]-[1,2]; 3-0 [1,0]-[2,0]; 0-0 [2,1]-[3,1]; 0-1 [2,3]-[3,3]; 4-0 [4,2]-[3,2]; 1-4 [3,0]-[4,0]; 3-3 [0,1]-[1,1] \| Hard #1355: 2-0 [0,7]-[1,7]; 4-1 [4,0]-[5,0]; 6-2 [0,1]-[0,2]; 4-6 [5,5]-[5,6]; 6-6 [4,7]-[5,7]; 4-3 [5,4]-[4,4]; 5-1 [0,4]-[1,4]; 5-0 [2,4]-[3,4]; 3-5 [5,1]-[5,2]; 0-0 [2,7]-[3,7]; 3-1 [0,0]-[1,0]; 4-2 [2,0]-[3,0]
Tue, Oct 6, 2026	Pips	Easy #1317 · Medium #1323 · Hard #1339 Easy #1317: 0-0 [0,2]-[0,3]; 6-6 [1,0]-[2,0]; 5-3 [2,3]-[3,3]; 4-2 [1,1]-[0,1]; 3-2 [2,2]-[1,2] \| Medium #1323: 4-4 [1,0]-[1,1]; 6-1 [2,0]-[2,1]; 5-0 [0,2]-[0,3]; 1-3 [2,2]-[3,2]; 5-5 [2,3]-[3,3]; 6-2 [3,0]-[3,1]; 2-5 [1,3]-[1,2] \| Hard #1339: 2-4 [4,7]-[3,7]; 4-0 [4,4]-[3,4]; 6-6 [3,2]-[4,2]; 3-3 [0,0]-[0,1]; 4-4 [2,6]-[2,7]; 1-2 [0,4]-[0,5]; 2-5 [0,6]-[0,7]; 3-4 [1,0]-[2,0]; 4-5 [1,4]-[2,4]; 4-6 [3,0]-[4,0]; 3-6 [2,1]-[2,2]; 2-6 [0,2]-[1,2]; 2-2 [4,5]-[4,6]
Mon, Oct 5, 2026	Pips	Easy #1336 · Medium #1353 · Hard #1363 Easy #1336: 4-3 [2,3]-[1,3]; 4-5 [0,2]-[0,3]; 0-1 [1,0]-[0,0]; 2-3 [2,2]-[2,1]; 6-3 [1,1]-[0,1] \| Medium #1353: 5-3 [3,2]-[2,2]; 5-2 [1,2]-[0,2]; 3-3 [2,0]-[2,1]; 4-6 [0,3]-[1,3]; 1-4 [3,3]-[2,3]; 2-6 [3,4]-[2,4]; 5-4 [1,1]-[1,0] \| Hard #1363: 0-1 [0,2]-[0,1]; 5-0 [5,3]-[5,4]; 6-1 [3,5]-[2,5]; 2-4 [1,3]-[1,2]; 6-3 [2,0]-[3,0]; 4-4 [0,5]-[1,5]; 2-6 [4,4]-[4,3]; 2-2 [4,1]-[5,1]; 0-6 [1,0]-[0,0]; 0-2 [2,4]-[1,4]; 3-3 [4,0]-[5,0]; 3-2 [0,4]-[0,3]; 1-3 [4,2]-[5,2]; 3-0 [2,1]-[1,1]; 0-0 [4,5]-[5,5]

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