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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 9:04 am    Post subject: Another tough Menneske | 
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				Looks like this one is interesting.  The challenge is to solve it with short chains.
 
 
I did find a Sue de Coq!  I have not yet completed it.
 
 
 	  | Code: | 	 		  Puzzle: M6306219sh(37)
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| 1 8 . | . . . | . 4 9 | 
 
| . 9 4 | . . 1 | 6 7 . | 
 
| . . . | . . 5 | . . . | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . 2 9 | . . 3 | . . . | 
 
| . . . | 1 . 8 | . . . | 
 
| . . . | 5 . . | 3 8 . | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | 7 . . | . . . | 
 
| . 4 1 | 2 . . | 8 9 . | 
 
| 9 5 . | . . . | . 2 6 | 
 
+-------+-------+-------+ | 	  
 
 
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		peterj
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 8:04 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I don't know whether the criteria stretches to a simple als move?
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | xy-wing-als(35-2) (2=38)r2c45 - (3=5)r2c9 - (5=2)r1c7 ; r1c56<>2 | 	 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 5:05 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | I did find a Sue de Coq! | 	  
 
Ms. de Coq and I are not acquainted.
 
 
M-Wing (25). The 5 in r1c7 proves 5 in r2c1; r1c56<>2. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 1:57 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		  | Ms. de Coq and I are not acquainted. | 	  I would hope not.  I believe it translates as "a boy named Sue".
 
 
After basics: 	  | Code: | 	 		  +----------------+----------------+----------------+
 
| 1    8    235  | 6    237  27   | 25   4    9    | 
 
| 235  9    4    | 38   238  1    | 6    7    35   | 
 
| 2367 367  2367 | 9    4    5    | 12   13   8    | 
 
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
 
| 8    2    9    | 4    6    3    | 157  15  1-57  | 
 
| 3457 37   357  | 1    27   8    | 9    6    24   | 
 
| 467  1    67   | 5    9    27   | 3    8    24   | 
 
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
 
| 236  36   2368 | 7    1358 9    | 4   -135  135  | 
 
| 37   4    1    | 2    35   6    | 8    9    357  | 
 
| 9    5    378  | 38   138  4    | 17   2    6    | 
 
+----------------+----------------+----------------+ | 	  Sue de Coq:  Take a look at B9C9.
 
 
The possibilities in R78C9 are 1357, but they cannot be 1 and 7 because of R9C7, nor 3 and 5 because of R2C9.
 
 
So, the solution in R78C9 is 1 or 7, and 3 or 5.  Making the eliminations shown.
 
 
In other words, R78C9 makes two pseudocells, 17 and 35.  I am still trying to understand this thing.  The available explanations are not very good.  In fact, if you read the discussion on the Sudopedia article, you will see that someone thinks the Sudopedia definition is wrong.
 
 
http://www.sudopedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sue_de_Coq
 
 
Here is the original article:
 
 
http://forum.enjoysudoku.com/two-sector-disjoint-subsets-t2033.html
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 4:55 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Thank you. I will try and digest that stuff, but don't hold your breath waiting for me to discover one.    
 
 
 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | So, the solution in R78C9 is 1 or 7, and 3 or 5. | 	  
 
Is that the same as saying that the combinations can be 13, 15, 37 or 57? | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 5:39 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Marty R. wrote: | 	 		   	  | Quote: | 	 		  | So, the solution in R78C9 is 1 or 7, and 3 or 5. | 	  
 
Is that the same as saying that the combinations can be 13, 15, 37 or 57? | 	  Yes.
 
 
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