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keith
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 Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: DB Saturday Puzzle: September 15, 2007 |
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I have not yet completed it ...
| Code: | Puzzle: DB091507 ******
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . . | . . . | . 5 . |
| . 2 7 | . . . | 3 . 4 |
| . 5 . | . . 3 | 1 9 7 |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 1 | 2 . 4 | . . . |
| 4 7 . | . . . | . 2 8 |
| . . . | 8 . 9 | 7 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 5 4 6 | 3 . . | . 1 . |
| 7 . 3 | . . . | 5 6 . |
| . 9 . | . . . | . . . |
+-------+-------+-------+
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Earl
Joined: 30 May 2007
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Location: Victoria, KS
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: DB Saturday Sept 15 |
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I's stuck here. Help!
Earl
*-----------------------------------------------------------*
| 139 13 49 | 7 148 18 | 2 5 6 |
| 16 2 7 | 9 156 156 | 3 8 4 |
| 68 5 48 | 46 2 3 | 1 9 7 |
|-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
| 89 68 1 | 2 7 4 | 69 3 5 |
| 4 7 59 | 156 3 156 | 69 2 8 |
| 23 36 25 | 8 56 9 | 7 4 1 |
|-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
| 5 4 6 | 3 9 7 | 8 1 2 |
| 7 18 3 | 14 148 2 | 5 6 9 |
| 12 9 28 | 156 1568 1568 | 4 7 3 |
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TKiel
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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From earl's position there is an extended XY-wing with <13> pivot in r1c2 that excludes 8 from r4c1.
(Edit: Sorry about the wrong cell reference.)
Last edited by TKiel on Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:26 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Earl's grid:
| Code: | ---------------------------------------
| 139 13 49 | 7 148 18 | 2 5 6 |
| 16 2 7 | 9 156 156 | 3 8 4 |
| 68 5 48 | 46 2 3 | 1 9 7 |
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| 89 68 1 | 2 7 4 | 69 3 5 |
| 4 7 59 | 156 3 156 | 69 2 8 |
| 23 36 25 | 8 56 9 | 7 4 1 |
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| 5 4 6 | 3 9 7 | 8 1 2 |
| 7 18 3 | 14 148 2 | 5 6 9 |
| 12 9 28 | 156 1568 1568 | 4 7 3 |
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Two XY-Chains and a W-Wing did it for me.
| Quote: | | From earls; position there is an extended XY-wing (<13> pivot in r1c3 that excludes 8 from r4c1 |
Tracy, I guess you mean r1c2. I'm not seeing how an extension works here. |
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Johan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| From Earl's grid there is a 5-cell xy-chain that eliminates <8> in R4C1 |
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TKiel
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| XY-wing with pivot in r1c2 <13>, pincers at r2c1 <16> and r6c2 <36>. R2c1 extends to r3c1 <68>, r6c2 extends to r4c2 <68>. Probably same XY-chain used by Johan. |
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| TKiel wrote: | | XY-wing with pivot in r1c2 <13>, pincers at r2c1 <16> and r6c2 <36>. R2c1 extends to r3c1 <68>, r6c2 extends to r4c2 <68>. Probably same XY-chain used by Johan. |
In my perpetual state of confusion, I confused Extended XY-Wing with that thing you posted about a couple of days ago, which I seem to recall was an XY-Wing and you called it W-Wing with Coloring, or something like that, but it involved a three-cell chain starting with one of the pincer cells. |
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Ruud
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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It would be interesting to know how earl eliminated 8 from r9c1. The best move I could find is a Sue-De-Coq on box 1 and column 1. A rare, but beautiful move.
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Johan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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The 5-cell xy-chain could also be defined like Tracy said as an extended xy-wing.
But you can also define the xy-wing as a short 3-cell xy-chain, either both ways uses the pincer-cells effect, to eliminate a candidate that can be seen by both cells.
The 5-cell xy-chain, which erases <8> in R4C1, starting with <6> in R3C1.
[86][61][13][36][68]
| Code: | +-----------+---------------+--------+
|139 C13 49 | 7 148 18 | 2 5 6 |
|B16 2 7 | 9 156 156 | 3 8 4 |
|A68 5 48 | 46 2 3 | 1 9 7 |
+-----------+---------------+--------+
|-89 E68 1 | 2 7 4 | 69 3 5 |
| 4 7 59 | 156 3 156 | 69 2 8 |
| 23 D36 25 | 8 56 9 | 7 4 1 |
+-----------+---------------+--------+
| 5 4 6 | 3 9 7 | 8 1 2 |
| 7 18 3 | 14 148 2 | 5 6 9 |
| 128 9 28 | 156 1568 1568 | 4 7 3 |
+-----------+---------------+--------+
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TKiel
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Ruud,
I'm not sure how earl did it, but there is a lowly old XY-chain that does it.
<82><25><56><63><31><18> (forgive my improper notation). |
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Earl
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Location: Victoria, KS
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: DB puzzle Sept 15 |
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I used the (8) pincers of R3C1 and R8C2 (by an xy-chain 1-4-6-8) to eliminate 8 from R9C1. But I failed to see the xy-chain from R3C1 to R4C2 (6-1-3-6-8) that eliminates 8 from R4C1 and solves the puzzle.
Earl
(Edited by keith to disable smilies) |
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keith
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Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: What is this called? |
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I've been away for the weekend, driving by Tracy's town, to Chicago and back. I apologize if this has been covered. This is the pinch point:
| Code: | +----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 139 13 49 | 7 148 18 | 2 5 6 |
| 16 2 7 | 9 156 156 | 3 8 4 |
| 68 5 48 | 46 2 3 | 1 9 7 |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 89 68 1 | 2 7 4 | 69 3 5 |
| 4 7 59 | 156 3 156 | 69 2 8 |
| 23 36 25 | 8 56 9 | 7 4 1 |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 5 4 6 | 3 9 7 | 8 1 2 |
| 7 18 3 | 14 148 2 | 5 6 9 |
| 128 9 28 | 156 1568 1568 | 4 7 3 |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
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The shortest chain seems to be in the rectangle R18C25. Sudoku Susser says:
| Code: | Found a 4-link Comprehensive Chain. If we assume that square R1C5 is <1> then we can make the following chain of conclusions:
R8C5 must be <4> (C5 pin), which means that
R8C2 must be <8> (R8 pin), which means that
R1C2 must be <1> (C2 pin), which means that
R1C5 can't be <1> (buddy contradiction).
Since this is logically inconsistent, R1C5 cannot be <1>.
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What would you experts call this chain?
Keith |
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Asellus
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Location: Sonoma County, CA, USA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:50 am Post subject: |
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I'd call it an AIC (Alternate Implication Chain) that uses end-to-end strong ("conjugate") links. In Eureka notation it can be written:
[1-4]R1C5=[4-8]R8C5=[8-1]R8C2=[1]R1C2-[1]R1C5; R1C5<>1
The three links are 4=4 in C5, 8=8 in R8, and 1=1 in C2. |
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Asellus
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Location: Sonoma County, CA, USA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Medusa coloring easily produces an interesting result with Keith's grid:
| Code: | +-----------------+----------------+----------------+
|#13r9r 1r3g 49 | 7 148 18 | 2 5 6 |
| 16 2 7 | 9 156 156 | 3 8 4 |
| 68 5 48 | 46 2 3 | 1 9 7 |
+-----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 8r9g 6r8g 1 | 2 7 4 | 69 3 5 |
| 4 7 59 | 156 3 156 | 69 2 8 |
| 23 3r6g 25 | 8 56 9 | 7 4 1 |
+-----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 5 4 6 | 3 9 7 | 8 1 2 |
| 7 18 3 | 14 148 2 | 5 6 9 |
| 128 9 28 | 156 1568 1568 | 4 7 3 |
+-----------------+----------------+----------------+ |
We quickly get two "red" values in R1C1, which is not possible. So all the "r" values are eliminated (a "Medusa Wrap") and the puzzle is solved. |
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