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Far Too Long Between VHs

 
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:56 pm    Post subject: Far Too Long Between VHs Reply with quote

It’s been 9 days since the last Very Hard puzzle. The discussions and number of views for the Daily Puzzle Forum clearly show a popular interest in the VHs. And we can always find the easier ones in our daily papers. Nine days is far too long to wait for my hardline Sudoku fix !!
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wapati



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
1 . .|. . .|. 4 9
. . .|. 7 .|8 . 5
. . 8|4 . .|7 . .
-----+-----+-----
. . 2|. . 9|. . 6
7 6 .|. 3 .|. 8 2
4 . .|1 . .|5 . .
-----+-----+-----
. . 4|. . 8|2 . .
8 . 7|. 1 .|. . .
2 3 .|. . .|. . 8


Perhaps too hard. I like ones about this level.
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sdq_pete



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A straightforward one: a single XY (179) finishes it off.
Peter
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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wapati, I worked for over an hour on this, especially looking for swordfish, sashami steps and finned steps. I only found one swordfish and suspect that I missed the critical step.

It took me eight steps to complete as follows:
Quote:
UR 26 with strong link on <2>,
x-wing 1,
xyz 159
finned x-wing 6 which did not make any deletions in the box containing the fin, but by transporting the fin it provided a deletion also made by the x-wing; I treat the fin like a Kraken x-wing,
swordfish 6 opened by the prior move,
xy-wing 139,
w-wing 39,
xy-wing 569
Ted
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wapati



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good job, busy puzzle.

The sword I know of is on 6s, if you saw it earlier it could be finned.
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wapati



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
. . .|. . .|. . .
. . 9|7 . .|3 2 .
. . .|2 9 8|7 . .
-----+-----+-----
8 . .|. . 9|1 3 .
9 2 .|3 . 6|. 7 8
. 5 3|8 . .|. . 2
-----+-----+-----
. . 6|1 8 3|. . .
. 3 2|. . 7|9 . .
. . .|. . .|. . .


Another fun puzzle.

I find one sword, sash/finned, perhaps.
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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
.------------------.------------------.------------------.
| 2     1467  1457 | 46    3     145  | 8     1456  9    |
| 146   8     9    | 7     146   145  | 3     2     1456 |
| 3     146   145  | 2     9     8    | 7     1456  1456 |
:------------------+------------------+------------------:
| 8     467   47   | 45    2     9    | 1     3     456  |
| 9     2     14   | 3     145   6    | 45    7     8    |
| 146   5     3    | 8     7     14   | 46    9     2    |
:------------------+------------------+------------------:
| 45    9     6    | 1     8     3    | 2     45    7    |
| 145   3     2    | 456   456   7    | 9     8     1456 |
| 7     14    8    | 9     456   2    | 456   1456  3    |
'------------------'------------------'------------------'

this might be a long path, but its the order in which I found them.
ER 1 remvoes 1 from r2c1
coloring on 1 removes 1 from r2c9
coloring on 6 removes 6 from r2c9
w-wing {1,4} removes 4 from r4c2
xyz-wing removes 4 from r1c2
(4)r7c8 = (4-5)r7c1 = (5-1)r8c1 = (1)r8c9; r8c9 <> 4
coloring on 1's removes 1 from r3c2
(4=6)r3c2 - (6)r4c2 = (6)r6c1 - (6=4)r6c7 - (4=1)r6c6 - (1)r5c5 = (1-6)r2c5 = (6)r2c1; r2c1 <> 6
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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If my second step is valid, then I used seven steps to complete the second puzzle posted by Wapati:
skyscraper <1> in r68c1; transport <1> r6c6 => r5c5 =>r2c5; delete r2c9,
A Kraken swordfish on <1> in r139c238 with fin at r5c3. The swordfish makes deletions at r1c6 & r3c9. Transport the fin r5c3 => r5c5 => r2c5; r1c6<>1.
finned x-wing <1>at r19c28 deletes r3c2,
xy-wing <146> with pivot <16> at r6c1,
xy-wing <146> with pivot <16> at r6c1 but different pincers deletes <4> r2c6,
then transport <4> r6c6 => r6c7 => r4c9; delete r2c9,
then transport r6c6 => r6c7 => r9c7 and transport <4> r2c1 => r3c2 => r9c2; delete <4> r9c58,
coloring <4> deletes r1c4,
xy-wing <456> with pivot <56> at r2c9 and pseudo-cell <45> at r2c56, transport <4> r2c5 => r5c5 => r6c6; deletes r6c7 to finish the puzzle,
NOW BREATH!

I hope my Kraken swordfish is valid. It is the very first one I have ever found, and was looking for swordfish specifically because I know Wapati likes them.

Ted Very Happy
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Auburnmom



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did we offend someone when you requested more VHs? What a boring week!
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keith



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Auburnmom wrote:
Did we offend someone when you requested more VHs? What a boring week!
No, the puzzle difficulty is random.

Keith
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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Auburnmom wrote:
Did we offend someone when you requested more VHs? What a boring week!


As usual, Danny has posted several VH puzzle this past week under the heading "Puzzles by daj" on this forum.

Have fun .....

Ted
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Auburnmom



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you for the information.
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