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		Ajò Dimonios
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:01 am    Post subject: 04-12-2017 | 
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				Hi everyone
 
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| 26  236 69 | 1   4   237 | 5   8   379  |
 
| 48  1   89 | 5   6   378 | 349 479 2    |
 
| 458 235 7  | 9   23  238 | 34  6   1    |
 
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| 18  9   2  | 4   7   6   | 18  3   5    |
 
| 158 56  3  | 28  129 12  | 7   149 4689 |
 
| 7   4   68 | 38  139 5   | 2   19  689  |
 
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| 3   28  5  | 27  12  9   | 6   147 478  |
 
| 9   68  4  | 367 5   13  | 18  2   78   |
 
| 26  7   1  | 26  8   4   | 39  5   39   |
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
[2R3C5-(2=1)R7C5 and (2-3)R3C5=3R123C6-(3=1)R8C6]=>contradiction (two singles 1 in box 8 )=>-2R3C5=>Stte.
 
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		Clement
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:48 am    Post subject: Dec 4 VH | 
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| 26  236  69 | 1   4   237 | 5   8    3679 |
 
| 48  1    89 | 5   6   378 | 349 479  2    |
 
| 458 2356 7  | 9   23  238 | 34  46   1    |
 
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| 18  9    2  | 4   7   6   | 18  3    5    |
 
| 158 56   3  | 28  129 12  | 7   1469 4689 |
 
| 7   4    68 | 38  139 5   | 2   169  689  |
 
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| 3   28   5  | 27  12  9   | 6   147  478  |
 
| 9   68   4  | 367 5   13  | 18  2    78   |
 
| 26  7    1  | 26  8   4   | 39  5    39   |
 
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XY-Wing 12-3 pivoted in r7c5; r123c6 <> 3; stte | 
			 
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		ZeroAssoluto
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:50 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Hi everyone, 
 
 
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+------------+-------------+--------------+
 
| 26  236 69 | 1   4   237 | 5   8   379  |
 
| 48  1   89 | 5   6   378 | 349 79  2    |
 
| 458 235 7  | 9   23  238 | 34  6   1    |
 
+------------+-------------+--------------+
 
| 18  9   2  | 4   7   6   | 18  3   5    |
 
| 158 56  3  | 28  129 12  | 7   149 4689 |
 
| 7   4   68 | 38  139 5   | 2   19  689  |
 
+------------+-------------+--------------+
 
| 3   28  5  | 27  12  9   | 6   147 478  |
 
| 9   68  4  | 367 5   13  | 18  2   78   |
 
| 26  7   1  | 26  8   4   | 39  5   39   |
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 
XY-Wing 1,2,3 in r37c5,r8c6 and -3 in r123c6
 
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XY-Chain r6c4 - 8 - r5c4 - 2 - r5c6 - 1 - r8c6 and -3 in r8c4
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:01 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I wasn't paying enough attention. I played an M-Wing on 12 in b 58, but after the fact, I see it's a W-Wing with SL 2 in c4. | 
			 
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		mtharp
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:37 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I played an X wing on 1 in r67c58, but missed the XY wing.  Great elimination.
 
 
Looks like I need to look up M-wings also.
 
 
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		mtharp
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:07 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Marty, I could not find the W-wing.  If you would, please spell it out for me.
 
 
I have looked up M-wings and your instruction with respect to this puzzle would be helpful.
 
 
Thanks for your time and consideration.
 
 
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		keith
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:53 am    Post subject:  | 
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Marty, I could not find the W-wing. If you would, please spell it out for me.  | 	  
 
 
Well, note the 12 cells in b5&8. They are connected by the strong link on 2 in c4. | 
			 
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		mtharp
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:15 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Keith, thank you.  I am still trying to absorb.
 
 
Marty, help me understand the strong link on 2 in c4.  It looks like to me that there are 3 occurrences of 2 in c4.  I thought that a strong link had to have only two occurrences in a house (in this case c4).
 
 
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		Marty R.
 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:07 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | mtharp wrote: | 	 		  Keith, thank you.  I am still trying to absorb.
 
 
Marty, help me understand the strong link on 2 in c4.  It looks like to me that there are 3 occurrences of 2 in c4.  I thought that a strong link had to have only two occurrences in a house (in this case c4).
 
 
Mike | 	  
 
 
Mike,
 
 
This had me laughing, because I posted the same concern after I learned about the W-Wing. Those three 2s operate as a strong link since there either is a 2 in b5 or one in b8. | 
			 
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		keith
 
 
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				 Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:09 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I am grinning, too.
 
 
A little bit of history:
 
 
Someone told me I should have been a Professor.  Well, I was for a while.
 
 
I have a learning style:  I don't think I adequately understand something until I can explain it to someone else. That's why I have written all these tutorials. More or less, to logically explain it to myself.
 
 
The history is that George Woods first noticed a pattern in the Daily Sudoku puzzles.  I documented it, and called it a W-wing in honor of George.
 
 
About the same time, I noticed that Medusa Coloring could also result in short chain eliminations. I figured that out, and called them M-wings because of Medusa, but also, M is the initial of my surname.
 
 
That all led to the "remote pairs" post referenced above.
 
 
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