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Death Blossom with 2 digit eliminations

 
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Bud



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:26 pm    Post subject: Death Blossom with 2 digit eliminations Reply with quote

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After a single basic move the puzzle is as shown in the diagram below. The pivot for the death blossom is labeled A. The logic is as follows. If A =9 the ALS D = 145. If A=2, B=4, and C=1. In either case, r2c2<>1 and r2c3<>4. I was going to use an ALS-XZ to get the 4 elimination, but I saw that by making it a death blossom, I could also get a 1 elimination.

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+---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| 14569  8     3      | 1456   1245   1246 | 245    7     12459 |
| 2     -1456 -45679  | 3      145D   1467 | 45D    159D  8     |
| 1457   145   457    | 14578  12458  9    | 2345   6     12345 |
+---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| 459    245   24589  | 14589  7      1248 | 6      3     1245  |
| 4567   2456  1      | 458    23458  2348 | 9      258   2457  |
| 4579   3     245789 | 14589  6      1248 | 24578  1258  12457 |
+---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| 13456  7     456    | 2      1349   1346 | 358    589   359   |
| 8      124C  24B    | 147    1349   5    | 237    29A   6     |
| 356    9     256    | 678    38     3678 | 1      4     2357  |
+---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
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ronk



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Death Blossom with 2 digit eliminations Reply with quote

Bud wrote:
I was going to use an ALS-XZ to get the 4 elimination, but I saw that by making it a death blossom, I could also get a 1 elimination.

I think you were on the better track with an ALS-xz chain. It's just that there are two of them which overlap, except for r8c2.

Using NL notation:
r2c3 -4- als:r2c578 -9- als:r8c83 -4- r2c3 ==> r2c3<>4
r2c2 -1- als:r2c578 -9- als:r8c832 -1- r2c2 ==> r2c2<>1

[edit: fixed bad case of typos]


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good moves Ron. I could argue that 1 move is better than 2, but that is a matter of opinion. Actually the ALS-XZ I was originally looking at was (1459)r2c578 and (249)r8c38, rcd=9.
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