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kragzy



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:11 pm    Post subject: 30 June VH Reply with quote

I lost track of the number of XY wings I used to 'clean up' this puzzle before finding the one that cracked it (a 134 pivoted in R6C6). In terms of VH techniques, this was about a 5 stepper for me. I'm sure others will solve it much more efficiently.
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Five-stepper here too, an XYZ, two XYs and two Skyscrapers. Obviously I missed something since Skyscrapers aren't one of the necessary VH moves.
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trying it on Draw/Play, I whittled it down to:

XY-Wing (794); r4c8<>4
Finned X-Wing; r2c3<>5
XY-Wing (145); r3c2<>5
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Clement



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:37 am    Post subject: Jun 30 VH Reply with quote

I used the XY-Wing 479 as mentioned by Marty, this opens a W-Wing 15(BOX 1&2) with strong link 5 in row 5 which solves it.
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Jeff



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am having trouble with this puzzle. I used several XY wings and an XYZ and I gradually ended up with what is shown below and am stuck. I tried to get a HINT and it indicated that a 5 should end up in C1R8. I do not see how to make this happen. I would appreciate some help. Many thanks,


Code:

+-------------+--------------+----------+
| 6  3   8    | 4   9    2   | 1  5  7  |
| 9  7   15   | 15  6    8   | 34 2  34 |
| 45 12  1245 | 3   7    15  | 9  8  6  |
+-------------+--------------+----------+
| 3  15  7    | 125 125  46  | 8  69 49 |
| 2  9   45   | 7   8    456 | 46 3  1  |
| 14 8   6    | 9   13   34  | 2  7  5  |
+-------------+--------------+----------+
| 7  6   3    | 8   4    9   | 5  1  2  |
| 15 125 9    | 6   1235 135 | 7  4  8  |
| 8  4   125  | 125 125  7   | 36 69 39 |
+-------------+--------------+----------+
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jeff,

Try the XY-Wing 14-45-15 pivoted in r6c1. After cleanup from that there is another XY-Wing which will explain the hint.
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Jeff



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks. I looked at that puzzle for quite awhile, but somehow missed that xy wing. Many thanks,

Jeff
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