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		| kragzy 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:21 pm    Post subject: Oct 16 VH |   |  
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				| For those who like a mathematical approach to single step solutions: 
 X2 = 1
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		| Clement 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:34 pm    Post subject: Oct 16 VH |   |  
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				| XY-Wing -<78>-<47>-<48> eliminates 8 in r5c1 followed by an X-Wing in 2s  Col 2 & Col 8 eliminating 2 in r1c3 solves the puzzle. |  | 
	
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Re: Oct 16 VH |   |  
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				|  	  | kragzy wrote: |  	  | For those who like a mathematical approach to single step solutions: 
 X2 = 1
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 Does that translate x-wing 2 = one step solution?
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		| iiggoorr 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:00 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| 18-UR in rows 7-8 eliminate 18 in r8c9 and it solves the puzzle |  | 
	
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:04 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | iiggoorr wrote: |  	  | 18-UR in rows 7-8 eliminate 18 in r8c9 and it solves the puzzle | 
 
 Hi iiggoorr,
 
 The following is my code after basics:
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | *-----------------------------------------------------------*
 | 1     24    23    | 9     38    5     | 6     248   7     |
 | 246   5     236   | 7     138   18    | 48    9     248   |
 | 7     8     9     | 4     6     2     | 3     1     5     |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 3     1     78    | 2     5     47    | 9     468   468   |
 | 248   6     5     | 3     48    9     | 1     7     248   |
 | 9     24    278   | 18    1478  6     | 5     248   3     |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 5     7     4     | 6     9     18    | 2     3     18    |
 | 268   9     268   | 18    247   3     | 478   5     1468  |
 | 268   3     1     | 5     247   47    | 478   468   9     |
 *-----------------------------------------------------------*
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 Given this code, I assume you are referring to the 18 pattern in box89 and row78. If so, that arrangement is not a valid UR pattern. To be valid, the four cells forming the UR must be in two rows, two columns and two boxes. (This forms a rectangle in two boxes.)
 
 A good description of the UR is available at http://www.sudocue.net/guide.php#UR.
 
 Ted
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		| cgordon 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:23 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Quote: |  	  | Does that translate x-wing 2 = one step solution? | 
 Sounds like my one-stepper - x-wing on 2  which I used early on before finishing basics. No worries mate.
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		| kragzy 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:14 am    Post subject: Re: Oct 16 VH |   |  
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				|  	  | arkietech wrote: |  	  |  	  | kragzy wrote: |  	  | For those who like a mathematical approach to single step solutions: 
 X2 = 1
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 Does that translate x-wing 2 = one step solution?
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 You got it!
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