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Earl



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:56 am    Post subject: March 12 VH Reply with quote

Did not find a single bullet. Double barrel - X-wing (3), xy-wing (139).

Early Earl

PS Norm, please prove me wrong.


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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same two steps.

Tardy Marty.
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crunched



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is the grid after basics.
I did not see a 1-3-9 xy wing.
After the x-wing of 3s (c3,6), an xy wing of 1-3-8 opened up in boxes 7,8.

Code:

+----------------+------------+--------------+
| 1   5    346   | 2  9   36  | 7    8    46 |
| 239 2369 34679 | 38 178 136 | 5    1469 46 |
| 8   69   679   | 5  17  4   | 19   3    2  |
+----------------+------------+--------------+
| 5   1    8     | 4  3   2   | 6    7    9  |
| 6   39   39    | 1  5   7   | 24   24   8  |
| 7   4    2     | 9  6   8   | 3    5    1  |
+----------------+------------+--------------+
| 4   7    139   | 6  18  139 | 1289 129  5  |
| 29  2689 169   | 7  4   5   | 1289 1269 3  |
| 39  3689 5     | 38 2   139 | 1489 1469 7  |
+----------------+------------+--------------+

Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site

After the x-wing on 3s, here is what I get. There is also an xy wing 1-6-7 that removes some 6s in box 1, as well.
Now... I also see the 1-3-9 wing too. Hum...more than one way to solve this with xy wings.

Code:

+---------------+------------+--------------+
| 1   5    346  | 2  9   36  | 7    8    46 |
| 239 269  3467 | 38 178 16  | 5    1469 46 |
| 8   69   67   | 5  17  4   | 19   3    2  |
+---------------+------------+--------------+
| 5   1    8    | 4  3   2   | 6    7    9  |
| 6   3    9    | 1  5   7   | 24   24   8  |
| 7   4    2    | 9  6   8   | 3    5    1  |
+---------------+------------+--------------+
| 4   7    13   | 6  18  139 | 1289 129  5  |
| 29  2689 16   | 7  4   5   | 1289 1269 3  |
| 39  689  5    | 38 2   19  | 1489 1469 7  |
+---------------+------------+--------------+

Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you chaps missed something basic - all I needed was the x-wing on <3>. I'll try it again - and if I'm right you'll hear about it.
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crunched



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cgordon wrote:
I think you chaps missed something basic - all I needed was the x-wing on <3>. I'll try it again - and if I'm right you'll hear about it.


What will we hear if you are wrong?
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I’m not saying I was necessarily wrong …there was a one step solution when I first did it.
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stevieboy



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
+---------------+------------+--------------+
| 1   5    346  | 2  9   36  | 7    8    46 |
| 239 269  3467 | 38 178 16  | 5    1469 46 |
| 8   69   67   | 5  17  4   | 19   3    2  |
+---------------+------------+--------------+
| 5   1    8    | 4  3   2   | 6    7    9  |
| 6   3    9    | 1  5   7   | 24   24   8  |
| 7   4    2    | 9  6   8   | 3    5    1  |
+---------------+------------+--------------+
| 4   7    13   | 6  18  139 | 1289 129  5  |
| 29  2689 16   | 7  4   5   | 1289 1269 3  |
| 39  689  5    | 38 2   19  | 1489 1469 7  |
+---------------+------------+--------------+


xy-wing (138) - Boxes 7 and 8...that did it for me!
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well done Stevieboy. (Not sure how you got rid of the 3 in R9C6 but that doesn't matter).

There is also an x-wing on <6> which leaves a Type 6 UR on 29 in C12.
Not a one-stepper - but still pretty damn impressive.
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swando



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used 2 xy'x 239 and 139
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stevieboy



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, cgordon!

Actually, the "code" sudoku that I presented before my little one-line solution was not the real board that I was faced with! I neglected to copy what I was actually faced with, before I discovered the xy-wing!! (bad me!)

However, my Boxes 7 and 8 were close, if not exact to what I showed...all I know is that I was at a stage where the xy-wing eliminated all the candidates necessary to solve the puzzle.

That's always a relief!

By the way, I always enjoy reading how you "experts" come up with your solutions...I'm a relative newcomer, who knows just enough tricks to be able to solve the "very-hards"...it's the "hards" that tend to stump me!! Funny how that is!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
PS Norm, please prove me wrong.

Idea
whew,
its bleeding into the daily puzzle threads.
that isn't fair.
I was told on numerous occasions in other threads that an alternative solution to these VH puzzles is "crazy" and "looney".

if a Daily VH puzzle needs but a x-wing and a xy-wing to solve then the argument can be made as to why there need be any search for something more. right?
that is the argument that was presented to me in the past.
I remember nataraj making the point to me in the past, saying how using medusa on a VH daily puzzle would be like bringing a back hoe to a sand box, HA ! Cool
ehem...

the second argument... is that a single step solution to this particular puzzle wouldn't employ a chain/pattern/structure that has a "easy-to-remember-name" given to it so that other people would readily find it in the future.

kind of like this chain...

just in case you wanted to know.
single stepper alert
Code:
.------------------.------------------.------------------.
| 1     5     34   | 2     9     36   | 7     8     46   |
| 239   239   3479 |C38   B178   136  | 5     19    46   |
| 8     69    679  | 5     17    4    | 19    3     2    |
:------------------+------------------+------------------:
| 5     1     8    | 4     3     2    | 6     7     9    |
| 6     39    39   | 1     5     7    | 24    24    8    |
| 7     4     2    | 9     6     8    | 3     5     1    |
:------------------+------------------+------------------:
| 4     7   G-139  | 6    A18    139  | 1289  129   5    |
| 29    2689  169  | 7     4     5    | 189   169   3    |
|E39   F3689  5    |D38    2     139  | 1489  1469  7    |
'------------------'------------------'------------------'

(1=8}A - (8}B = (8-3)C = (3)D - (3)EF = (3)G; G <> 1

I stop the chain at r7c3... and I find that either G is 3 or A is 1
in either case, G cannont be 1 so it can be eliminated.
----
upon further review...
the chain can be shortened
(1=8}A - (8=3)D - (3)EF = (3)G

there you go Earl, a three strong link move to blast it.
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nataraj



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

storm_norm wrote:

I remember nataraj making the point to me in the past, saying how using medusa on a VH daily puzzle would be like bringing a back hoe to a sand box, HA ! Cool
ehem...


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