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Topic: VH Jan 3 |
Mindwarp
Replies: 7
Views: 32096
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:47 am Subject: VH Jan 3 |
I probably just haven't spotted them ten when i haven't been able to do them. Jan 4's medium puzzle took longer than Jan 3's VH by nearly a minute. I guess it just depends whether you see the key to ... |
Topic: VH Jan 3 |
Mindwarp
Replies: 7
Views: 32096
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:34 am Subject: VH Jan 3 |
Sometimes I find them easy sometimes I find them impossible, this particular puzzle just didn't appear to need anything special to solve it. Normally a VH takes me just over 9 minutes to solve when I ... |
Topic: VH Jan 3 |
Mindwarp
Replies: 7
Views: 32096
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:20 pm Subject: VH Jan 3 |
I didn't find anything hard about this one took me 5 minute 55 second using sweep |
Topic: Oct 8 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 11
Views: 44203
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 5:05 am Subject: Oct 8 VH |
Pretty sure I had cleared it further than that. Key square for me was c4r9. |
Topic: Sep 13 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 3
Views: 19412
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:08 am Subject: Sep 13 VH |
I didn't find it that hard, though I maybe applying techniques without knowing their names. Identifying the number in R2C5 was the key to solving it for me. It took me 9 minutes and 8 seconds, which ... |
Topic: Aug 29 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 3
Views: 21374
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:24 am Subject: Aug 29 VH |
Cells involved R1C2, R1C3, R3C3 and R7C3. |
Topic: Aug 29 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 3
Views: 21374
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:09 am Subject: Aug 29 VH |
I think its called an XYZ pivot on R1C3 giving 3 in R3C3 puzzle solves itself from there. |
Topic: July 8 puzzle |
Mindwarp
Replies: 5
Views: 27738
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:14 am Subject: July 8 puzzle |
Nope, tried it several times couldn't solve it so it now goes into my unsolved sudoku file. Been quite a few puzzles recently that I haven't been able to solve, I suspect they may all have the same t ... |
Topic: Jun 19 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 3
Views: 22867
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:00 am Subject: Jun 19 VH |
Thanks Marty. I see where my problem lay, I was at the previous step to your grid, I hadn't noticed that in the bottom left box 1 had to be on the bottom row of that box and so hadn't excluded the 1s ... |
Topic: Jun 19 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 3
Views: 22867
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:49 pm Subject: Jun 19 VH |
Gave up on this one. Certainly didn't find Clement's XY wing. |
Topic: June 11 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 5
Views: 31136
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:28 pm Subject: June 11 VH |
I didn't need any special techniques on this one just kept finding a number in a cell in a square that was the only one in that square. |
Topic: I need help with the Genius Puzzle |
Mindwarp
Replies: 4
Views: 25136
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Forum: Other puzzles Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:11 pm Subject: I need help with the Genius Puzzle |
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. |
Topic: Jun 7 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 3
Views: 23367
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:30 pm Subject: Jun 7 VH |
XYZ wing did it for me pivot on R8C1 eliminating 7 in R8C3 took a long time to find that. |
Topic: May 25 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 7
Views: 34432
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 4:55 am Subject: May 25 VH |
Ah! I must know more than I thought I did about Sudoku solving. |
Topic: May 25 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 7
Views: 34432
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:12 pm Subject: May 25 VH |
Hi Keith you could be right, I did it again this time it took 3 minutes 33 seconds I certainly didn't reduce the grid to the same point you have, the key for me was the 23s r5c7, r5,c9, r8,c7 and 1 ... |
Topic: May 25 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 7
Views: 34432
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:50 pm Subject: May 25 VH |
Didn't need anything special for this one, just filled in the numbers, eliminated those that weren't possible and then used sweep. Finished it in 6 minutes 16 seconds which is fast for me for a VH, u ... |
Topic: March 26 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 12
Views: 64181
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:42 am Subject: March 26 VH |
... same sequence for me.
I used the Robert the Bruce technique on R5C4! That solved it for me.
Am I missing something? What connection does the Scotsman, Robert Bruce have with Sudokus. Spiders ... |
Topic: March 26 VH |
Mindwarp
Replies: 12
Views: 64181
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:36 am Subject: March 26 VH |
I used the Robert the Bruce technique on R5C4! That solved it for me. |
Topic: March 23 -vh |
Mindwarp
Replies: 17
Views: 76420
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:40 am Subject: March 23 -vh |
Have I made a mistake somewhere, it only took me 5 minutes and 5 seconds to solve this one? |
Topic: VH March 12 |
Mindwarp
Replies: 18
Views: 65933
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:33 am Subject: VH March 12 |
Just imagine the pencil marks in Roman numerals!!! |
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