Beating 250 participants through eight preliminary rounds and two final rounds over a period of three months, retired Colonel Deepak Gopinath won the first ever Indian Crossword League in December 2013. “Someone mentioned about the contest on my blog and I decided to give it a shot. Every week, a challenge would be posted on the web and the top ten scorers after eight weeks were called to the grand finale. The finals were held in Bangalore, since seven of the ten contenders were from here,” explains Col.Gopinath. He started with five points but zipped forward to fifty points in the decider, which crowned him as the champion.
