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Sudopedia: Finned Fish

 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:27 am    Post subject: Sudopedia: Finned Fish Reply with quote

Finned Fish
Finned Fish is a variety of fish that has extra candidates in a single box. Like regular fish, it is a single-digit solving technique.
The same names are used for the different sizes:
Finned X-Wing
Size 2
Finned Swordfish
Size 3
Finned Jellyfish
Size 4

How it works

Here is an example of a Finned X-Wing:
Code:
.-------.-------.-------.
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| / X / | / X / | / / / |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
:-------+-------+-------:
| . * . | . . . | . . . |
| F X . | / X / | / / / |
| . * . | . . . | . . . |
:-------+-------+-------:
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
'-------'-------'-------'

The four cells marked X would be an X-Wing if the candidate in the cell marked F were not present. So either there is an X-Wing, or the candidate in F is true. In both cases, the starred cells cannot contain a candidate for this digit. We can eliminate those candidates.
The eliminated candidates can only be within the box containing the fin.
The F cell is known as the fin. In this example, there could also be a candidate in r5c3. This would be called a big fin, but the effects are the same.

See also

Sashimi Fish

History:

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