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		| Clement 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:34 pm    Post subject: Daily Telegraph Fri, 15-Aug-2014 |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +-------+-------+-------+
 | 6 . . | . . . | 2 . . |
 | . . . | 1 . 8 | . . 5 |
 | . . . | . 3 . | . . . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 9 . | . . . | . . 3 |
 | . . 2 | 5 9 4 | 1 7 . |
 | 8 . . | . . . | . 9 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . . . | . 5 . | . . . |
 | 9 . . | 2 6 1 | . 8 . |
 | . . 8 | . . . | . . 1 |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
 Joined: 12 Feb 2006
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 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:19 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 | 6    8    13  | 479  47 5   | 2  13 479 |
 | 47   347  9   | 1    2  8   | 37 6  5   |
 | 1257 1257 157 | 4679 3  679 | 8  14 479 |
 +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 | 145  9    145 | 67   8  67  | 45 2  3   |
 | 3    6    2   | 5    9  4   | 1  7  8   |
 | 8    457  457 | 3    1  2   | 45 9  6   |
 +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 | 147  1347 6   | 8    5  37  | 9  34 2   |
 | 9    345  345 | 2    6  1   | 37 8  47  |
 | 27   237  8   | 479  47 379 | 6  5  1   |
 +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 
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 Finned X-Wing (3), c27=>r8c3<>3
 
 (Pretty ugly grid to start with, but basics got it manageable.
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		| Clement 
 
 
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 Location: Dar es Salaam Tanzania
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:37 pm    Post subject: Daily Telegraph Fri, 15-Aug-2014 |   |  
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				| Also the following chain 	  | Code: |  	  | +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 | 6    8    13  | 479  47 5   | 2  1-3 479 |
 | 47   b347  9   | 1    2  8   | a37 6  5   |
 | 1257 1257 157 | 4679 3  679 | 8  14 479 |
 +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 | 145  9    145 | 67   8  67  | 45 2  3   |
 | 3    6    2   | 5    9  4   | 1  7  8   |
 | 8    457  457 | 3    1  2   | 45 9  6   |
 +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 | 147  c1347 6   | 8    5  37  | 9  g34 2   |
 | 9    c345  d345 | 2    6  1   |e 37 8  f47  |
 | 27   c237  8   | 479  47 379 | 6  5  1   |
 +---------------+-------------+-----------+
 
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 (3)r2c7=r2c2-r789c2=r8c3-(3=7)r8c7-(7=4)r8c9-(4=3)r7c8 => -3r1c8; stte.
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:22 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| A skyscraper in R1 and C7 makes the same elimination of 3 in R8C3. 
 Or, another SS in C3 C7 takes out 3 in R1C8.
 
 Keith
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:43 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | keith wrote: |  	  | A skyscraper in R1 and C7 makes the same elimination of 3 in R8C3. 
 Or, another SS in C3 C7 takes out 3 in R1C8.
 
 Keith
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 Would Sudoku be less fun if terminology were standard? As to the first Skyscraper, Danny would call it a two-string kite and I call it simple coloring.
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:40 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  |  	  | keith wrote: |  	  | A skyscraper in R1 and C7 makes the same elimination of 3 in R8C3. 
 Or, another SS in C3 C7 takes out 3 in R1C8.
 
 Keith
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 Would Sudoku be less fun if terminology were standard? As to the first Skyscraper, Danny would call it a two-string kite and I call it simple coloring.
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 If you want to be a purist, they are Turbot Fish.
 
 Keith
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:42 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | keith wrote: |  	  |  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  |  	  | keith wrote: |  	  | A skyscraper in R1 and C7 makes the same elimination of 3 in R8C3. 
 Or, another SS in C3 C7 takes out 3 in R1C8.
 
 Keith
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 Would Sudoku be less fun if terminology were standard? As to the first Skyscraper, Danny would call it a two-string kite and I call it simple coloring.
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 If you want to be a purist, they are Turbot Fish.
 
 Keith
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 x-chain ?
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:20 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Keith, I don't want to be a purist, I just want everyone to use the same terminology that I do.   
 Dan, what's an X-Chain?
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		| arkietech 
 
 
 Joined: 31 Jul 2008
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:49 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | Keith, I don't want to be a purist, I just want everyone to use the same terminology that I do.   
 Dan, what's an X-Chain?
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 A chain involving only one value ie turbots, kites, skyscrapers etc
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:58 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | arkietech wrote: |  	  |  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  | Keith, I don't want to be a purist, I just want everyone to use the same terminology that I do.   
 Dan, what's an X-Chain?
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 A chain involving only one value ie turbots, kites, skyscrapers etc
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 And coloring, ...
 
 Keith
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