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		| ZeroAssoluto 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:14 pm    Post subject: Aug 16 VH |   |  
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				| Hi everyone, 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +----------+--------------+-----------+
 | 489 2 7  | 5    6   48  | 89 3  1   |
 | 5   3 89 | 489  1   2   | 7  48 6   |
 | 489 6 1  | 4789 3   478 | 5  2  49  |
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 | 7   4 28 | 6    28  9   | 3  1  5   |
 | 89  1 3  | 48   248 5   | 6  7  29  |
 | 6   5 29 | 1    7   3   | 89 48 249 |
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 | 2   7 5  | 38   9   1   | 4  6  38  |
 | 3   9 6  | 2    48  478 | 1  5  78  |
 | 1   8 4  | 37   5   6   | 2  9  37  |
 +----------+--------------+-----------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 two possible solutions
 
 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | Skyscraper with number 9 in r1c7, r1c1, r5c1, r5c9 and -9 in r3c9 and r6c7 or
 W-Wing 8,9 in r2c3, r6c7 connected by number 8 in r26c8 and -9 in r6c3.
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 Ciao Gianni
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:06 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +----------+--------------+-----------+
 | 489 2 7  | 5    6   48  | 89 3  1   |
 | 5   3 89 | 489  1   2   | 7  48 6   |
 | 489 6 1  | 4789 3   478 | 5  2  49  |
 +----------+--------------+-----------+
 | 7   4 28 | 6    28  9   | 3  1  5   |
 | 89  1 3  | 48   248 5   | 6  7  29  |
 | 6   5 29 | 1    7   3   | 89 48 249 |
 +----------+--------------+-----------+
 | 2   7 5  | 38   9   1   | 4  6  38  |
 | 3   9 6  | 2    48  478 | 1  5  78  |
 | 1   8 4  | 37   5   6   | 2  9  37  |
 +----------+--------------+-----------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
 
 Also Kite on 9 hinged in b6
 XY-Wing (48-9), pivot r2c8 with pincer transport
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		| hughwill 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:09 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I had XY-wing 48-9 pivot r2c8 -9r3c1 opening 2nd 48-9 XY-wing pivot r3c1 -9 r5c9 stte (sorry if this is the same as yours Marty)
 
 Hugh
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		| Ajò Dimonios 
 
 
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 Location: Sassari Italy
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:27 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Hi  everyone 
 [(2)R6C9-(2)R6C3=(2-8)R4C3=(8)R4C5 and (2-4)R6C9=(4)R6C8-(4)R2C8=(4)R2C4-(4=8)R5C4]=>contradiction two singles 8 in Box 5)=>-2R6C9=>stte.
 
 Ciao a Tutti
 Paolo
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:30 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | hughwill wrote: |  	  | I had XY-wing 48-9 pivot r2c8 -9r3c1 opening 2nd 48-9 XY-wing pivot r3c1 -9 r5c9 stte (sorry if this is the same as yours Marty)
 
 Hugh
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 Hugh,
 
 We both used the same 48-9 pivoted in r2c8; I didn't think the elimination would solve the puzzle so I used the transport, which I didn't check but which I assumed solved it.
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		| dongrave 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:27 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Hey Marty and Hugh, I always use just 'pure' wings when solving VH's on this site (only because I know it's possible) and I couldn't find a solution using just 'pure' wings without using 3 XY Wings!  (All 3 of them were 489 XY wings!)  Thanks, Don. |  | 
	
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:18 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Don, what are "pure" wings? That's not a term I'm familiar with. |  | 
	
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		| dongrave 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:51 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Hi Marty!  A 'pure' wing is a wing that is defined in its basic (or 'purest') form.  I didn't look closely at the solution that you provided but I saw that you used the term 'transport' which I assume (maybe wrongly ) is an extension of a 'pure' XY Wing.  I've seen you and Keith in past discuss transports and if I'm remembering correctly, I think it added additional logic in order to extend the basic (or pure) Wing.  Please correct me if I'm wrong!  Thanks, Don. |  | 
	
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:46 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Don, I don't think using a transport is considered a standards move here. 
 I would strongly advise familiarizing yourself with and using transports, as it's extremely powerful.
 
 A quick definition: start with pincers, however they became pincers, by any technique. If one of the pincers can prove the same value in another cell, the pincer is said to have been transported to that cell. The transported-to  cell can now be used as a pincer in lieu of the transported-from cell. In this puzzle, the pincer 9 can be transported from r2c3 to r5c1. Or the one at r3c9 can be transported to r6c7.
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		| dongrave 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:25 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Interesting!  Thanks for info Marty!  I have to check it out!  Don. |  | 
	
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		| RobertRattley 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:05 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| [quote="dongrave"]Hey Marty and Hugh, I always use just 'pure' wings when solving VH's on this site (only because I know it's possible) and I couldn't find a solution using just 'pure' wings without using 3 XY Wings!  (All 3 of them were 489 XY wings!)  Thanks, Don.[/quote] 
 I'm with Don.  The discussion of so many other techniques lately, though I suppose it's interesting to many, has me a little chagrined.
 
 As for this puzzle, I also found 3 successive 489 XY wings but then realized only 2 of them are needed, as Hughwill listed.
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:58 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | RobertRattley wrote: |  	  |  	  | dongrave wrote: |  	  | Hey Marty and Hugh, I always use just 'pure' wings when solving VH's on this site (only because I know it's possible) and I couldn't find a solution using just 'pure' wings without using 3 XY Wings!  (All 3 of them were 489 XY wings!)  Thanks, Don. | 
 
 I'm with Don.  The discussion of so many other techniques lately, though I suppose it's interesting to many, has me a little chagrined.
 
 As for this puzzle, I also found 3 successive 489 XY wings but then realized only 2 of them are needed, as Hughwill listed.
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 Check other puzzles..  I will try to post some VH's you like,
 
 Dan
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