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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:23 am    Post subject: Puzzle 10/08/19: A |   |  
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				|  	  | Code: |  	  | +-----------------------+ | . . 8 | 5 . 4 | 1 . . |
 | 3 . 1 | . 9 . | . . 2 |
 | . 5 . | . 6 . | 9 . . |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | 9 . . | 8 . . | . . . |
 | . 8 2 | . . . | . . . |
 | 5 7 . | . . 6 | . . 8 |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | . . 5 | . . . | 6 . . |
 | . 2 9 | . . . | . . . |
 | . 6 . | . . 7 | . . 1 |
 +-----------------------+
 
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 Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
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		| JC Van Hay 
 
 
 Joined: 13 Jun 2010
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:07 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Quote: |  	  | X Wing : (5)C69/R48 : r48c58<>5 3-SIS AIC : (21)R4C8 (15)R5C8 5B5 : r4c6<>2
 3-SIS AIC : (34)R5C4 (41)R5C1 (13)R4C2 : r4c56<>3
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		| peterj 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:10 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Three VH steps.. 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | x-wing(5) ; r48c58<>5 xy-wing(14-3) r5c1 ; r4c56<>3
 xy-wing(12-5) r4c8 ; r4c9<>5, r5c5<>5
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 Pretty much same as JC (I think!)
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:33 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Very similar to prior to posts.......... 
 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | xy-wing 1-34 vertex (14)r5c1; r4c56<>3 x-wing (5)r59c58; r4c58,r8c58<>5
 xy-wing 12-5 vertex (12)r4c8; r5c5<>5
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 Ted
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		| daj95376 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:47 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | tlanglet wrote: |  	  | Very similar to prior to posts.......... 
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 Yes. Unfortunately, there are only four non-basic techniques for VH ... and the distribution of these techniques is not uniform in the puzzles I generate. On top of that, I try to limit posted puzzles to just 3-4 VH steps, which limits my options further. Suggestions anyone?
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:19 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Danny, 
 I never look at any posted results until after I complete the puzzle, so I am just fine the way things are presently.
 
 Ted
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		| peterj 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:58 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | daj95376 wrote: |  	  | Suggestions anyone? | 
 When I first came to this forum earlier this year I progressed from the VH on the main page to your VH puzzles and they were clearly much better and a great step up. Even though there are only four techniques they are much better mixed than the main VH puzzle which "always" is a single xy-wing. I think you're doing a good job!
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