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Clement
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 Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:46 am Post subject: Oct 8 VH |
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Code after Basics | Code: |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 189 7 1689 | 49 3 68 | 468 5 2 |
| 58 68 4 | 7 568 2 | 3 1 9 |
| 3 2 569 | 459 5689 1 | 468 46 7 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 2 4 57 | 6 1 9 | 57 3 8 |
| 15 16 3 | 8 7 4 | 9 2 156 |
| *178 9 16-78 | 3 2 5 | 16-7 *67 4 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 4 18 178 | 2 568 68 | -1567 9 3 |
| *1789 5 2 | 19 689 3 | 146-7 *467 16 |
| 6 3 19 | 159 4 7 | 2 8 15 |
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X-Wing on 7 in col 18; r6c37<>7, r8c7<>7 leads to m-wing 16
(1=6)r6c7-r6c3=(1=6)r5c2=1r7c2; r7c7<>1 solves it. |
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Mindwarp
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| Pretty sure I had cleared it further than that. Key square for me was c4r9. |
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JC Van Hay
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Location: Charleroi, Belgium
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| A shorter path : XWing(1C29) :=> 1r7c2=1r7c3 :=> +9r9c3; stte |
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Marty R.
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| Code: |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 189 7 1689 | 49 3 68 | 468 5 2 |
| 58 68 4 | 7 568 2 | 3 1 9 |
| 3 2 569 | 459 5689 1 | 468 46 7 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 2 4 57 | 6 1 9 | 57 3 8 |
| 15 16 3 | 8 7 4 | 9 2 156 |
| 178 9 1678 | 3 2 5 | 167 67 4 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 4 18 178 | 2 568 68 | 1567 9 3 |
| 1789 5 2 | 19 689 3 | 1467 467 16 |
| 6 3 19 | 159 4 7 | 2 8 15 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
Mindwarp indicated that he took the basics further, but I'm stuck here.
JC played an X-Wing, but it's not an X-Wing as generally understood here. Based on the grids shown thus far, it's a Sashimi X-Wing.
For the first time in ages, I am stuck as far as solving this puzzle using the standard VH techniques, i.e., X-, XY- and XYZ-Wing. |
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hughwill
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Location: Birmingham UK
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:53 am Post subject: Oct 8 VH |
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Clements X wing on 7 leads to a hidden pair (57) in
column 7 which then leads to a box-line reduction on 1s in
box 7. Then it falls. For me the X wing was the easy part-
I needed some help for the hard-to-see basics which followed! |
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Clement
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject: Oct 8 VH |
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hughwill
Thanks, the m-wing was not needed to eliminate the 1 in r7c7, so, the x-wing on 7 was enough. |
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Marty R.
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hughwill,
Good observation. I played the X-Wing and missed that pair in c7. |
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kuskey
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Location: Pembroke, NH
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:34 am Post subject: Oct 8 VH |
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| I agree with everything hughwill wrote but I missed the hidden57s and spotted the 1468 quad in c7 instead. Very satisfying puzzle. |
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Marty R.
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:06 am Post subject: Re: Oct 8 VH |
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| kuskey wrote: | | I agree with everything hughwill wrote but I missed the hidden57s and spotted the 1468 quad in c7 instead. Very satisfying puzzle. |
You didn't really miss it. Hidden pairs have complementary subsets, in this case, 1468, which you found. After making the eliminations you're left with the 57 naked pair in col. 7. |
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RobertRattley
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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I also found this a fulfilling puzzle.
I found the 7 x-wing. (Actually, you choose either of two 7 x-wings, for the same eliminations.)
That was the only "very hard" step available, and the only one needed. But it was still "hard" for me! I pored over it for a long time.
Then I found that pair/quadruple in column 7 which enabled a 1 to be eliminated, leading to a sole candidate 9 in the bottom row. |
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Kdelle
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Location: Hudson, NH
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Marty R. wrote: | | Code: |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 189 7 1689 | 49 3 68 | 468 5 2 |
| 58 68 4 | 7 568 2 | 3 1 9 |
| 3 2 569 | 459 5689 1 | 468 46 7 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 2 4 57 | 6 1 9 | 57 3 8 |
| 15 16 3 | 8 7 4 | 9 2 156 |
| 178 9 1678 | 3 2 5 | 167 67 4 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 4 18 178 | 2 568 68 | 1567 9 3 |
| 1789 5 2 | 19 689 3 | 1467 467 16 |
| 6 3 19 | 159 4 7 | 2 8 15 |
+--------------+-------------+--------------+
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
Mindwarp indicated that he took the basics further, but I'm stuck here.
JC played an X-Wing, but it's not an X-Wing as generally understood here. Based on the grids shown thus far, it's a Sashimi X-Wing.
For the first time in ages, I am stuck as far as solving this puzzle using the standard VH techniques, i.e., X-, XY- and XYZ-Wing. |
Marty,
Two things.....I used an X-wing on 7 in R47C37. Is that NOT an x-wing as commonly understood here? I saw that first, and then isn't there a kite 9 in box 7 that solves R1C4 to be 4. Or do I not understand what I kite is?
Thanks,
Kathy |
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Marty R.
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Two things.....I used an X-wing on 7 in R47C37. Is that NOT an x-wing as commonly understood here? I saw that first, and then isn't there a kite 9 in box 7 that solves R1C4 to be 4. Or do I not understand what I kite is? |
You understand both. That is a conventional X-Wing, with the candidates only in two rows and two columns.
A Skyscraper has parallel strong links, which obviously means rows or columns. A Kite is the same principle, except it emanates from a box so the lines are perpendicular.
A minor technicality: the effect of that Kite would normally be described as r1c4<>9 because the Kite says it can't contain a 9, even though the practical effect is to set it=4.
Marty |
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