| View previous topic :: View next topic   | 
	
	
	
		| Author | 
		Message | 
	
	
		Earl
 
 
  Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 677 Location: Victoria, KS
  | 
		
			
				 Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:45 am    Post subject: Sept 16 VH | 
				     | 
			 
			
				
  | 
			 
			
				Old reliable does it again.
 
 
Solution:  179 xy-wing
 
 
Early Earl | 
			 
		  | 
	
	
		| Back to top | 
		 | 
	
	
		  | 
	
	
		storm_norm
 
 
  Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 1741
 
  | 
		
			
				 Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:03 pm    Post subject:  | 
				     | 
			 
			
				
  | 
			 
			
				 	  | Code: | 	 		  
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . . | . . . | 9 . . |
 
| 1 . . | 4 8 . | . 5 7 |
 
| . . . | 2 . 5 | . 1 . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . . 4 | . . 2 | 1 . . |
 
| 2 5 . | . 6 . | . 9 3 |
 
| . . 8 | 7 . . | 6 . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
| . 3 . | 6 . 8 | . . . |
 
| 7 2 . | . 1 3 | . . 9 |
 
| . . 5 | . . . | . . . |
 
+-------+-------+-------+
 
 | 	  
 
open in Andrew Stuarts online {scanraid} solver | 
			 
		  | 
	
	
		| Back to top | 
		 | 
	
	
		  | 
	
	
		Clement
 
 
  Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 1113 Location: Dar es Salaam Tanzania
  | 
		
			
				 Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:48 pm    Post subject: Sept 16 VH | 
				     | 
			 
			
				
  | 
			 
			
				| I cannot see Earl's Old reliable. Please Earl, can you elaborate? | 
			 
		  | 
	
	
		| Back to top | 
		 | 
	
	
		  | 
	
	
		nataraj
 
 
  Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 1048 Location: near Vienna, Austria
  | 
		
			
				 Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:08 pm    Post subject:  | 
				     | 
			 
			
				
  | 
			 
			
				After basics:
 
 
 	  | Code: | 	 		  
 
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ 
 
| 5       48      2        | 13      37      167      | 9       36      48       | 
 
| 1       6-9     3        | 4       8       69       | 2       5       7        | 
 
| 4689    4678-9  79*      | 2       39      5        | 348     1       468      | 
 
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ 
 
| 369     679     4        | 38      359     2        | 1       78      58       | 
 
| 2       5       17*      | 18      6       14       | 478     9       3        | 
 
| 39      19*     8        | 7       3459    149      | 6       24      245      | 
 
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ 
 
| 49      3       19       | 6       247     8        | 5       27      12       | 
 
| 7       2       6        | 5       1       3        | 48      48      9        | 
 
| 48      148     5        | 9       247     47       | 37      36      126      | 
 
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ 
 
 | 	  
 
 
I liked this one because it offered some real challenges during the basics phase, like e.g. a naked quad in col. 8, before one arrives at the xy-wing.
 
 
Quite a pleasant change from the usual "easy" plus xy-wing | 
			 
		  | 
	
	
		| Back to top | 
		 | 
	
	
		  | 
	
	
		 |