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hughwill
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 Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:21 pm Post subject: Wed 8th Dec VH |
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Is this an unusual VH? Couldn't see any wings.
Possible solution? XY Chain on r2c5 r2c6 r4c6 r5c4 removes 6s from r4c5 r5c5 r2c4 and all falls |
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Marty R.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:37 am Post subject: |
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Your possible solution looks good, but I didn't verify that it completes, but probably does.
When you were doing your basics did you catch the 34678 quint in row 4? That exposed:
| Quote: | | an XYZ-Wing, pivot r6c4; r5c4<>1, finishing the puzzle |
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prakash
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't see it as a quint, but as a hidden pair for 15. This, in turn opened up the XYZ |
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Marty R.
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| prakash wrote: | | I didn't see it as a quint, but as a hidden pair for 15. This, in turn opened up the XYZ |
You and I are opposites. In five years I've never spotted a hidden pair, rather, I have to look for the complementary triples, quads, etc. |
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George Woods
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject: A Very slightlyslightly different logic to xy chain |
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I looked at r5c4 if 6 then r2c5=6 if 1 then via 15 & 25 r2c5 is 6. Unlike a normal chain that forbids it seems to offer! But of course it is the same XY chain identified earlier'
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cgordon
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | You and I are opposites. In five years I've never spotted a hidden pair, rather, I have to look for the complementary triples, quads, etc. |
You are both opposites to me - I couldn't find the hidden pair or the quint.  |
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