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		| dongrave 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:13 pm    Post subject: Helmut's 07/12/18 Advanced |   |  
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				| Another one that was a lot of fun!  I used my favorite method again to solve it. 
  	  | Code: |  	  | +-------+-------+-------+
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 | 9 . . | . 5 . | . 2 3 |
 | . . 7 | 2 3 9 | . 1 . |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | 6 . . | 3 . . | 5 . . |
 | . 1 . | . 9 . | . 6 . |
 | . . 3 | . . 4 | . . 2 |
 +-------+-------+-------+
 | . 6 . | 7 4 5 | 8 . . |
 | 7 8 . | . 1 . | . . 5 |
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		| ZeroAssoluto 
 
 
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 Location: Rimini, Italy
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 1:00 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Hi everyone, 
 W-Wing 3,9 in r7c8,r9c2 connected by number 9 in r6c28 and -3 in r7c1,r9c8
 
 Ciao Gianni
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		| dongrave 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 12:25 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Grid after basics. 
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 | 123 23  12  | 4   67  67  | 9   5    8     |
 | 9   4   6   | 1   5   8   | 7   2    3     |
 | 8   5   7   | 2   3   9   | 46  1    46    |
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 | 6   279 249 | 3   278 1   | 5   4789 479   |
 | 24  1   8   | 5   9   27  | 3   6    47    |
 | 5   79  3   | 68  678 4   | 1   789  2     |
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 | 123 6   129 | 7   4   5   | 8   39   19    |
 | 7   8   49  | 69  1   236 | 246 349  5     |
 | 134 39  5   | 689 268 236 | 246 3479 14679 |
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 (9=4)r8c3-(4=39)r78c8-9r6c8=r6c2=>r9c2<>9!
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		| immpy 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:25 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Kudos to you dongrave for your chain/loop savvy. I don't even pretend to get a grip on those things...lol. Different strokes for different folks, as they say. Much preferred the W-Wing approach as per Gianni. 
 cheers...immp
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		| dongrave 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:57 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | immpy wrote: |  	  | Kudos to you dongrave for your chain/loop savvy. I don't even pretend to get a grip on those things...lol. Different strokes for different folks, as they say. Much preferred the W-Wing approach as per Gianni. 
 cheers...immp
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 Ha!  Thanks immpy!  I know what you mean!  You know what?  I heard that Keith doesn't use pencil marks!  I've thought about asking a doctor to visit him sometime!
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		| keith 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:12 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I try not to use pencil marks. But I do use them on occasion, especially for VH and Advanced puzzles. It's a way to make easier puzzles a little more challenging. 
 I start by putting in PMs only for cells that have two candidates. That will find XY-wings, etc.
 
 Since I developed the idea of patterns of cells where useful strong links can lie, I have become quite good at finding skyscrapers and kites with no PMs.
 
 Keith
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