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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:44 pm    Post subject: Is there a solution... |   |  
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				| ...other than a chain, which easily solves it? 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +-----------+-----------+------------+
 | 8  69 69  | 2   1  7  | 5   4  3   |
 | 3  24 1   | 48  49 5  | 289 7  6   |
 | 5  24 7   | 348 6  39 | 129 89 128 |
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 | 1  79 349 | 5   2  48 | 6   39 78  |
 | 46 67 5   | 9   3  48 | 28  1  278 |
 | 2  8  39  | 1   7  6  | 39  5  4   |
 +-----------+-----------+------------+
 | 9  3  46  | 46  8  1  | 7   2  5   |
 | 46 1  8   | 7   5  2  | 34  36 9   |
 | 7  5  2   | 346 49 39 | 148 68 18  |
 +-----------+-----------+------------+
 
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:56 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Marty, 
 There is a loop which takes out <9> in R4C3, but that does not solve it.
 
 Keith
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		| Mogulmeister 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:23 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| How about an X-Y chain pincers at r4c9 and r9c8 which takes care of r9c9 ? |  |  
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:15 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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