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daj95376
Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 3854
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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:32 pm Post subject: Puzzle 10/06/02: (A) (just because!) |
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Solution must be limited to VH steps only ... and basics must be solved manually as well!
Code: | +-----------------------+
| . 4 . | 6 . . | 1 . . |
| 9 5 . | . . . | 4 . 3 |
| . . 8 | 9 . 4 | . . . |
|-------+-------+-------|
| 5 . 4 | 3 . 9 | . . 1 |
| . . . | . 4 . | . . 9 |
| . . 9 | 2 . 5 | 8 . . |
|-------+-------+-------|
| 4 1 . | . . 8 | 7 . . |
| . . . | . . . | . 8 . |
| . 7 . | 4 3 . | . . . |
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keith
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | After basics, including a triple (hidden pair) in B6: |
Code: | +----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 27 4 27 | 6 5 3 | 1 9 8 |
| 9 5 16% | 17 8 127 | 4 267# 3 |
| 136 36 8 | 9 127 4 | 26 2567 2567 |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 5 8 4 | 3 67 9 | 26 267 1 |
| 167 2 167 | 8 4 167 | 35 35 9 |
| 1367 36 9 | 2 167 5 | 8 4 67 |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 4 1 236 | 5 9 8 | 7 236 26 |
| 26@ 9 35 | 17 1267 1267 | 35 8 4 |
| 8 7 256 | 4 3 26 | 9 1 256 |
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Quote: | gM-wing: 2 in @ forces 2 in #; <>2 in # forces 6 in %; @% are pincers on 6. |
Did I not follow the rule? Sue me!
Keith
Quote: | OK, there is a 4UR 36 and a 3UR 17 that solve it.
Or, an SS6 followed by a W-wing -16. |
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daj95376
Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 3854
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Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Now you did it. You opened the door for wapati to come along with a finned mutant Jellyfish! _
BTW: an interesting first solution. |
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Marty R.
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:15 am Post subject: |
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One step, Type 3 UR (17) with pseudo cell 26, solves it. |
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daj95376
Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 3854
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:43 am Post subject: |
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Followed my directions, you would have probably encountered a solution like this ...
Code: | r1 b1 Locked Pair <> 27 r2c3,r3c12
c2 Naked Pair <> 36 r45c2
c2b4 Locked Pair <> 28 r5c13
b6 Naked Triple <> 267 r5c78
r5 b6 Locked Pair <> 35 r5c13
c3b7 Locked Candidate 2 <> 3 r8c1
r8 Naked Quad <> 1267 r8c37
c7 Naked Pair <> 35 r3c7
r36 X-Wing <> 1 r5c1,r8c5
c1 Naked Triple <> 267 r36c1
r5 b4 Locked Candidate 1 <> 7 r5c6
c5b5 Locked Candidate 1 <> 7 r38c5
b8 Naked Pair <> 26 r8c6 -or-
r8 Naked Pair <> 26 r8c6
r2 b2 Locked Candidate 1 <> 7 r2c8
b3 Naked Pair <> 26 r3c89
c9b9 Locked Candidate 2 <> 2 r7c8
r28c46 <17> UR Type 1.2223 r2c6<>17
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keith
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 3355 Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Do you guys always bring guns to a knife fight?
Keith |
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