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		Clement
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:07 pm    Post subject: April 21 VH | 
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				| Type 1 UR 78 solves it by eliminating 78 in r8c4. | 
			 
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		roaa
 
 
  Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 112 Location: Sweden
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:30 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| I found it somewhat unusual and therefore good. For those who donīt like UR:s, a twostepper: An x-wing on 9 revealed a triplet 124 giving r5c6=9. | 
			 
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		cgordon
 
 
  Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 769 Location: ontario, canada
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:59 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | a twostepper: An x-wing on 9 revealed a triplet 124 | 	  
 
..a onestepper - triplets don't count as VH steps. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:52 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Someone help me out here. I can't get the 124 triple after the X-Wing because I haven't figured out how to get rid of the 8 from r9c6.
 
 
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| 579 59 1  | 89  6  789 | 3  4  2 |
 
| 2   4  8  | 1   3  5   | 6  9  7 |
 
| 79  3  6  | 4   2  79  | 8  1  5 |
 
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| 1   6  37 | 23  8  24  | 47 5  9 |
 
| 49  2  5  | 6   7  49  | 1  3  8 |
 
| 489 89 37 | 359 15 149 | 47 2  6 |
 
+-----------+------------+---------+
 
| 3   1  2  | 78  9  6   | 5  78 4 |
 
| 6   58 9  | 578 4  3   | 2  78 1 |
 
| 58  7  4  | 258 15 128 | 9  6  3 |
 
+-----------+------------+---------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site | 
			 
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		George Woods
 
 
  Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 304 Location: Dorset UK
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:12 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				After the x wing in 9 you can remove the 9s from r1c1 r1c6
 
This reveals an xy wing 578 pivot at r1c1 eliminating the 8 from r9c6 and solving the puzzle.
 
 
I must admit I did not follow the reasoning give above by roaa, since if r9c6 is not 8 then the puzzle has already been solved. As can be proved by going to the empty puzzle in draw/play and entering the 8 in r1c6 and then grade button. It will no longer be very difficult but medium
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		cgordon
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:17 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| Marty:  The only way I see to get rid of the 8 is a UR on 78.  And then I don't see a triple.  A quad maybe (though not really needed). | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:05 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				George's XY-Wing after the X-Wing was the only thing I found that uses just the techniques that are needed to solve these, i.e., X-, XY- and XYZ-Wing. 
 
 
In addition to the Type 1 UR on 78, there's an M-Wing on 89. | 
			 
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		roaa
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:39 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| Sorry! I must have made a mistake in the elimination of the 8. In a new attempt I have to use the xy-wing after the x-wing! | 
			 
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