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Earl



Joined: 30 May 2007
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Location: Victoria, KS

PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:06 pm    Post subject: May 30- DB Reply with quote

The May 30 DB put me back on the chain-gang. Anyone find a more elegant solution?

SOLUTION: xy-chain from R5C8 to R7C9 with a <7> pincer eliminates the 7 in R7C8 and solves the puzzle.

Earl

Code:

+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | 7 . 4 | 1 . . |
| 1 . . | 6 9 . | . 3 . |
| . . 3 | . . . | . 9 8 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 2 . 6 | . . 3 | . 5 . |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| . 7 . | 5 . . | 9 . 2 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 1 . | . . . | 6 . . |
| . 5 . | . 6 9 | . . 3 |
| . . 2 | 4 . 7 | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+

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keith



Joined: 19 Sep 2005
Posts: 3355
Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA

PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I found a W-wing that does not help. There are a number of 4-cell chains (extended XY-wings) that solve it.

Keith
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Marty R.



Joined: 12 Feb 2006
Posts: 5770
Location: Rochester, NY, USA

PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used the unhelpful W-Wing. There was a potential 15-12-25 DP in boxes 258. Every one of the three DP killers forced the same number in r7c6 and that's all that was needed.

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Anyone find a more elegant solution?

I'm a lousy judge of elegance. You make the call. Question
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