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	|  Topic: Interesting Puzzles | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:15 am   Subject: Interesting Puzzles | 
  
	| Hi All, Thank you for your nice solutions!
 
 Puzzle 04: m_b_metcalf’s puzzle – on Pattern Games 0083-50
 000001002030000040005670800006008500007020000100400000002500900080000030900000001
 
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	|  Topic: Interesting Puzzles | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:30 am   Subject: Interesting Puzzles | 
  
	| Looking at c2 there is (24)ANP situation that creates a strong link (5)r1c2=(7)r3c2. We then see that a (2368)ANQ exists in r2 which also creates a strong link (5)r2c3=(7)r2c1.
 The only situation th ...
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	|  Topic: Cheating? | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Solving techniques, and terminology   Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:57 am   Subject: Cheating? | 
  
	| coly013 ....9..5..1.....3...23..7....45...7.8.....2.......64...9..1.....8..6......54....7
 
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 | 367     3467    3678 ...
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	|  Topic: Interesting Puzzles | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:11 am   Subject: Interesting Puzzles | 
  
	| Hi All, Below puzzles, I received from coloin via pm on old PF. Hope, something is intrested for you
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 1# 3.....7.1.9.4.......1...5...8.29........4..2...45..8.6..7.......6.9.....5.....1.3
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	|  Topic: Puzzle 10/10/17: C XY | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Puzzles by daj   Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:59 am   Subject: Puzzle 10/10/17: C XY | 
  
	| +------------------------+-------------------+-------------+ | 123(6)  3-2(46)  238   | 9      7      28  | 5  12  3(4) |
 | 7       9        235   | 25(3)  45(3 ...
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	|  Topic: Puzzle 10/09/15: Extreme | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Puzzles by daj   Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:54 pm   Subject: Puzzle 10/09/15: Extreme | 
  
	| I found several steps but never one that started to unravel the puzzle. Maybe I will try finding some chains later..... On my experience, to solve sudoku puzzles (supported by SS solver & SudoCue ...
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	|  Topic: ADP External Inferences | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Solving techniques, and terminology   Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:59 pm   Subject: Re: ADP External Inferences | 
  
	| As an AIC this could be notated as: (3=7)r6c6-(7=9)r3c6-AUR79r13c69 1- (3=7)r6c6… => AUR(79)r13c69 is cracked, so we can’t use AUR in this case.
 Not sure what you mean by "cracked", but ...
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	|  Topic: ADP External Inferences | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Solving techniques, and terminology   Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:45 am   Subject: Re: ADP External Inferences | 
  
	| Example 2 
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 |#37    4    #137   | 28    6    *2789  | 5     18   *79    |
 | 9     17    5     | 38   #37    4     | 2     18    6    ...
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	|  Topic: Puzzle 10/07/31: A | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Puzzles by daj   Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:27 pm   Subject: Puzzle 10/07/31: A | 
  
	| A one-stepper - I'm sure I am going to get its name wrong with all this "kraken" discussion! *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 | 14     9      5      ...
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	|  Topic: Puzzle 10/07/24: A | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Puzzles by daj   Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:02 pm   Subject: Puzzle 10/07/24: A | 
  
	| Try out this rule: At least one of any three values in an AALS must be true.
 
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 | 7     1235  1236  | 1368  128   1258  | 4     9   ...
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	|  Topic: Free Press Jul 2, 2010 | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:45 pm   Subject: Free Press Jul 2, 2010 | 
  
	| *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* | 89      45      7       | 4689    1489    14689   | 3       2       4589    |
 | 1       345     34      | 2       ...
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	|  Topic: Puzzle 10/05/22: (C) Advanced | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Puzzles by daj   Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:30 pm   Subject: Puzzle 10/05/22: (C) Advanced | 
  
	| *--------------------------------------------------------------------* | 6      1      45     | 9      3      8      | 245    7      245    |
 | 259    25     7      | 4      6      1      | 589   ...
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	|  Topic: Simplification | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:56 am   Subject: Simplification | 
  
	| When tackling a puzzle like this,  familiarity with those ideas will help one find things like Steve’s grouped almost xy-wing in move two. *---------------------------------------------------------- ...
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	|  Topic: Simplification | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:54 pm   Subject: Simplification | 
  
	| Excellence, Danny! Wow..., I was deep involved on ‘Almost” XY-wing pattern based on bi-value (89)r3c8. Nice find.
 
 ttt
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	|  Topic: Fin terminology | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Solving techniques, and terminology   Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:02 am   Subject: Re: Fin terminology | 
  
	| To use a term like “finned xy-wing” might cause confusion and has no precedence that I can find.  "Almost xy-wing" would be better. Yes, I’m not good on using terminologies (by some reasons ...
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	|  Topic: players forum???? | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: General discussion   Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:28 am   Subject: players forum???? | 
  
	| I was waiting some reply your comment but..., welcome back here ravel   
 Hope the guys have success with restoring (parts of) the sudoku forum, including my 1000 posts
   I only saw 999 of yours o ...
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	|  Topic: April 10 VH | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles   Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:15 pm   Subject: April 10 VH | 
  
	| My advice: do not try to understand the program. There is no challenger.
 There is nobody even remotely human there.
 It is just a piece of software.
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	|  Topic: mm 1685, 2-19-10 | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Other puzzles   Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:04 pm   Subject: mm 1685, 2-19-10 | 
  
	| From original puzzle and after SSTS (not included X-wing on 3’s): *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 | 1269    39      1236    | 4       8       259   ...
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	|  Topic: Puzzle 10/01/29 (B) | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Puzzles by daj   Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:42 pm   Subject: Puzzle 10/01/29 (B) | 
  
	| At that point, I had the following code. *-----------------------------------------------------------*
 | 7     24    9     | 18    6     5     | 124   48    3     |
 | 1     8     3     | 24    7 ...
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	|  Topic: Format and print puzzles from other sources | 
  
	| ttt 
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 |  Forum: Site help   Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:57 am   Subject: Format and print puzzles from other sources | 
  
	| the easiest way I know how to export the Vangegan puzzles is via Sudocue sudocue finds the current daily puzzles posted on vangegan's site
 
 and you can access them from sudocue's "file" m ...
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