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keith



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:18 am    Post subject: Free Press August 8, 2014 Reply with quote

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Puzzle: FP080814
+-------+-------+-------+
| . . 5 | . . . | 4 . . |
| . 9 . | 1 . 8 | . 7 . |
| 7 . . | . . . | . 6 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 1 . | . . . | 2 . . |
| . . . | 8 5 4 | . . . |
| . . 4 | . 1 . | . 9 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 6 . | . . . | . . 5 |
| . 7 . | 4 . 2 | . 1 . |
| . . 2 | . . . | 6 . . |
+-------+-------+-------+

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arkietech



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
 
 *-----------------------------------------------------------*
 | 1     3     5     | 679   279   679   | 4     8     29    |
 | 2     9     6     | 1     4     8     | 5     7     3     |
 | 7     4     8     |w39    239   5     | 1-9   6     129   |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 8     1     37    | 3679  379   3679  | 2     5     4     |
 |b69    2     79    | 8     5     4     | 17    3     167   |
 |a36    5     4     | 2     1    a37    |a78    9     678   |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 4     6     1     |#379   8     379   |#379   2     5     |
 | 5     7    c39    | 4     6     2     |w39-8  1    c89    |
 |b39    8     2     | 5     379   1     | 6     4     79    |
 *-----------------------------------------------------------*
[(8=6)r6c167-(6=3)r59c1-(3=8)r8c49]-(8=39)[ww:39r37c4,r78c7] => -9r3c7; ste
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JC Van Hay



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
+--------------+-------------------+---------------+
| 1     3  5   | 679   279    679  | 4    8  29    |
| 2     9  6   | 1     4      8    | 5    7  3     |
| 7     4  8   | 39    9(23)  5    | 19   6  9(12) |
+--------------+-------------------+---------------+
| 8     1  7-3 | 3679  79(3)  3679 | 2    5  4     |
| 9(6)  2  79  | 8     5      4    | 17   3  7(16) |
| (36)  5  4   | 2     1      7-3  | 78   9  678   |
+--------------+-------------------+---------------+
| 4     6  1   | 379   8      379  | 379  2  5     |
| 5     7  39  | 4     6      2    | 389  1  89    |
| 9(3)  8  2   | 5     79(3)  1    | 6    4  79    |
+--------------+-------------------+---------------+
Skyscraper(3r69c1,3r94*c5)=*(3-2)r3c5=(2-1)r3c9=(1-6)r5c9=6r5c1-(6=3)r6c1 :=> [3r6c1==3r4c5]-3r4c3,r6c6; ste
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I stared at this longer than any sane person should and couldn't make a dent. Finally I threw in the towel and solved it with four moves.
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keith



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
I stared at this longer than any sane person should and couldn't make a dent. Finally I threw in the towel and solved it with four moves.

Marty,

You have an unjustified opinion of the sanity of those who frequent these pages! Wink

Keith
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dongrave



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Marty! You can't leave us hanging like that! What were your four moves? I'm guessing that they were some sort of forcing chains (maybe?) Thanks, Don.
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don,

No forcing chains (I don't use them). I've since thrown out the piece of paper, but as I recall there were three XY-Wings and perhaps coloring or XY-Chain.
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dongrave



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two XY wings? Hey Marty, are you sure you're not confusing this puzzle with the other one that Keith posted the same day titled 'From a book'? I think I was able to use the four steps that you described here to solve the other one (I think) - but not this one. I might be wrong. I looked at both of them for a long time - but I wasn't able to solve either! (ugh.) Hey Keith, you have to be more careful. You almost made my head explode! Laughing
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don, I since found the puzzle and it was two XY-Wings, coloring and an XY-Chain. I didn't do the one from the book.
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dongrave



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow! I didn't see any of those in this puzzle! I guess I shouldn't be too surprised though. I think I'm sort of getting the hang of coloring but it's practically impossible for me to find those XY chains (even if someone tells me they're there)!
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