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keith
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 Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:18 am Post subject: Free Press August 8, 2014 |
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| Code: | Puzzle: FP080814
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 5 | . . . | 4 . . |
| . 9 . | 1 . 8 | . 7 . |
| 7 . . | . . . | . 6 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
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| . . . | 8 5 4 | . . . |
| . . 4 | . 1 . | . 9 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 6 . | . . . | . . 5 |
| . 7 . | 4 . 2 | . 1 . |
| . . 2 | . . . | 6 . . |
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arkietech
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Location: Northwest Arkansas USA
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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*-----------------------------------------------------------*
| 1 3 5 | 679 279 679 | 4 8 29 |
| 2 9 6 | 1 4 8 | 5 7 3 |
| 7 4 8 |w39 239 5 | 1-9 6 129 |
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| 8 1 37 | 3679 379 3679 | 2 5 4 |
|b69 2 79 | 8 5 4 | 17 3 167 |
|a36 5 4 | 2 1 a37 |a78 9 678 |
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| 4 6 1 |#379 8 379 |#379 2 5 |
| 5 7 c39 | 4 6 2 |w39-8 1 c89 |
|b39 8 2 | 5 379 1 | 6 4 79 |
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[(8=6)r6c167-(6=3)r59c1-(3=8)r8c49]-(8=39)[ww:39r37c4,r78c7] => -9r3c7; ste |
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JC Van Hay
Joined: 13 Jun 2010
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Location: Charleroi, Belgium
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | +--------------+-------------------+---------------+
| 1 3 5 | 679 279 679 | 4 8 29 |
| 2 9 6 | 1 4 8 | 5 7 3 |
| 7 4 8 | 39 9(23) 5 | 19 6 9(12) |
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| 8 1 7-3 | 3679 79(3) 3679 | 2 5 4 |
| 9(6) 2 79 | 8 5 4 | 17 3 7(16) |
| (36) 5 4 | 2 1 7-3 | 78 9 678 |
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| 4 6 1 | 379 8 379 | 379 2 5 |
| 5 7 39 | 4 6 2 | 389 1 89 |
| 9(3) 8 2 | 5 79(3) 1 | 6 4 79 |
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Skyscraper(3r69c1,3r94*c5)=*(3-2)r3c5=(2-1)r3c9=(1-6)r5c9=6r5c1-(6=3)r6c1 :=> [3r6c1==3r4c5]-3r4c3,r6c6; ste |
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Marty R.
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:41 am Post subject: |
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| I stared at this longer than any sane person should and couldn't make a dent. Finally I threw in the towel and solved it with four moves. |
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keith
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Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| Marty R. wrote: | | I stared at this longer than any sane person should and couldn't make a dent. Finally I threw in the towel and solved it with four moves. |
Marty,
You have an unjustified opinion of the sanity of those who frequent these pages! 
Keith |
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dongrave
Joined: 06 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey Marty! You can't leave us hanging like that! What were your four moves? I'm guessing that they were some sort of forcing chains (maybe?) Thanks, Don. |
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Marty R.
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Don,
No forcing chains (I don't use them). I've since thrown out the piece of paper, but as I recall there were three XY-Wings and perhaps coloring or XY-Chain. |
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dongrave
Joined: 06 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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Two XY wings? Hey Marty, are you sure you're not confusing this puzzle with the other one that Keith posted the same day titled 'From a book'? I think I was able to use the four steps that you described here to solve the other one (I think) - but not this one. I might be wrong. I looked at both of them for a long time - but I wasn't able to solve either! (ugh.) Hey Keith, you have to be more careful. You almost made my head explode!  |
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Marty R.
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:13 am Post subject: |
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| Don, I since found the puzzle and it was two XY-Wings, coloring and an XY-Chain. I didn't do the one from the book. |
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dongrave
Joined: 06 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow! I didn't see any of those in this puzzle! I guess I shouldn't be too surprised though. I think I'm sort of getting the hang of coloring but it's practically impossible for me to find those XY chains (even if someone tells me they're there)! |
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