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Set XY_03 Puzzle 050

 
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daj95376



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:55 pm    Post subject: Set XY_03 Puzzle 050 Reply with quote

Several choices.

Code:
XY puzzles can be solved using these techniques:

Basics:  Naked/Hidden Single, Naked Pair/Triple, Locked Candidates 1/2
Basics+: Naked Quad, Hidden Pair/Triple/Quad
VH:      BUG+1, UR Type 1, X-Wing, XY-Wing
VH+:     2-String Kite, Empty Rectangle, Remote Pair, Skyscraper,
         XYZ-Wing, finned X-Wing, UR Type 2/4
XY:      gM-Wing, W-Wing, XY-Chain, BUG+2, BUG+3, other URs


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

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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
.---------------.---------------.---------------.
| 8    2    1   | 9    7    5   | 3    6    4   |
| 6    7    4   | 8    1    3   | 59   2   *59  |
| 9    35   35  | 6    2    4   | 18   7    18  |
:---------------+---------------+---------------:
| 3    4    2   | 1    58  *78  | 6    9   *57  |
| 5    8    6   | 27   3    9   | 127  4    17  |
| 7    1    9   | 24   45   6   | 25   8    3   |
:---------------+---------------+---------------:
| 1  *-59   78  |*57   6    2   | 4    3   *789 |
| 4    6    35  | 35   9   *78  | 78   1    2   |
| 2    39   78  | 347  48   1   | 789  5    6   |
'---------------'---------------'---------------'

(5=7)r7c4 - (7=8)r8c6 - (8=7)r4c6 - (7=5)r4c9 - (5=9)r2c9 - (9)r7c9 = (9)r7c2; r7c2 <> 5
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

W-Wing on 78 takes out the 7 from r9c7, exposing a puzzle-ending Kite on 7.
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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A one stepper using an ALS, marked *.

Code:

 *--------------------------------------------------*
 | 8    2    1    | 9    7    5    | 3    6    4    |
 | 6    7    4    | 8    1    3    | 59   2    59   |
 | 9    35   35   | 6    2    4    | 18   7    18   |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 | 3    4    2    | 1    58   78   | 6    9    57   |
 | 5    8    6    | 27   3    9    | 127  4    17   |
 | 7    1    9    | 24   45   6    | 25   8    3    |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 | 1    59   78*  | 57   6    2    | 4    3    789* |
 | 4    6    35   | 35   9    78   | 78   1    2    |
 | 2    39   78   | 347  48   1    | 789  5    6    |
 *--------------------------------------------------*

ALS[(7)r7c39 = (9)r7c9]r7c39 - (9=5)r2c9 - (5=7)r4c9 - (7)r5c79 = (7)r5c4; r7c4<>7

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daj95376



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[Edit: Just me rambling. Decided it was a distraction.]

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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Danny,

I understand your presentation of the chain, but I view it more like using the "hidden pair" approach frequently posted by Norm rather than viewing it as a ALS. This ALS is so simple that it could be viewed in both ways. I am attempting to learn how to use ALS and therefore that is how I presented this chain when I found it; it is my first such successful (?) ALS.

As for notation, I tried to use the Eureka notation suggested by Asellus in his recent post in
Eureka Notation Question in the "Solving Techniques forum.

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oaxen



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The one stepper starts with "9" in r7c2. The other "9" in r7c9 shows after a few moves to be impossible.
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wapati



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oaxen wrote:
The one stepper starts with "9" in r7c2. The other "9" in r7c9 shows after a few moves to be impossible.

Why did you pick that cell and that value?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"wapati"
Why did you pick that cell and that value?
My answer
I always try to find a place to start a chain. For that I need two same numbers in a row or a column. Normally then I have many possibilities. It is rather easy to see what will happen if I follow the pairs. Most of them gives nothing, but some will give me a long chain. If the first choice is incorrect the other must be true. With one eliminated almost ever it is a "one stepper".
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