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		daj95376
 
 
  Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 3854
 
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				 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:20 pm    Post subject: Puzzle 11/08/07: B XY (difficult?) | 
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 | 9 . . | . 5 1 | . 3 . |
 
 | . . . | 7 . . | . 2 9 |
 
 | . . . | 9 . 6 | 1 . 7 |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . 1 4 | . . 2 | . . . |
 
 | 7 . . | . 4 . | . . . |
 
 | 8 . 2 | 5 . 9 | . . 1 |
 
 |-------+-------+-------|
 
 | . . 1 | . . . | . . . |
 
 | 4 7 . | . . . | . 1 . |
 
 | . 3 9 | . . 5 | . . . |
 
 +-----------------------+
 
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Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site | 
			 
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		peterj
 
 
  Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Posts: 974 Location: London, UK
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				 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:41 am    Post subject:  | 
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				This puzzle seemed to have so many possible moves which turn out not very useful! The first wing does damage but the remaining grid still needed work.
 
 	  | Code: | 	 		  xy-wing(58-3) r8c3, r5c3, r8c6 ; r5c6<>3
 
xy-chain-als (8=5)r8c3 - (5=8)r3c3 - (8=5)r3c8 - (56=9)r57c8 - (9=8)r7c5 ; r7c2<>8, r8c5<>8 | 	  
 
(I will also  post in plain text from now on) | 
			 
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		daj95376
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:15 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | peterj wrote: | 	 		  | (I will also  post in plain text from now on) | 	  
 
I've noticed your plain text posts already. THANKS!!!
 
 
BTW: my solver used a mix of steps before finishing with a 6-cell XY-Chain. | 
			 
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		Marty R.
 
 
  Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 5770 Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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				 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:49 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Quote: | 	 		  | This puzzle seemed to have so many possible moves which turn out not very useful! | 	  
 
Those are the ones I used!!
 
 
I hacked away at it with eight mildly useful moves until the grid was reduced to a BUG+2. | 
			 
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