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		arjun
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: I need help with the Genius Puzzle | 
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| 9   4 6   | 3   7  1   | 58  2 58  |
 
| 12  5 12  | 49  6  8   | 479 3 479 |
 
| 3   8 7   | 2   5  49  | 1   6 49  |
 
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| 568 7 59  | 569 3  29  | 28  4 1   |
 
| 456 1 345 | 456 8  247 | 237 9 67  |
 
| 468 2 349 | 469 1  479 | 378 5 678 |
 
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| 25  9 8   | 1   24 6   | 45  7 3   |
 
| 7   6 25  | 8   24 3   | 459 1 459 |
 
| 14  3 14  | 7   9  5   | 6   8 2   |
 
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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:53 am    Post subject:  | 
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				The XY-Chains are too long and boring.
 
 
 	  | Code: | 	 		  forcing network                                               ; contradiction => q.e.d.
 
 
r4c1=8 r4c4=6 r4c3=5 r6c3=9 r6c7=3 r1c7=8 r1c9=5 r8c7=5 r2c7=9; r26c4=4       => r4c1<>8
 
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		wapati
 
 
  Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 472 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
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				 Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:10 am    Post subject:  | 
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				| I agree,  I looked at it and saw a Death Blossom that I didn't mind but as a human solver,  I would not find it.  Ugly ( not fun ) puzzle. | 
			 
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		Mindwarp
 
 
  Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 25 Location: St. Ives, England
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:11 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				| I looked and looked at it, couldn't see anything that would solve it , in the end I just went for a couple of intuitive guesses One was 2 on r4c6, it felt right. | 
			 
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		Mogulmeister
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 5:04 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Just to be explicit about Danny's forcing chain and in case you're early on in  your sudoku career:
 
 
To follow the chain, make consequent eliminations as you go along - it comes to a grinding halt because 2 single 4s (contradiction) are left on column 4. | 
			 
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