Monthly Archives: June 2013

Shortz’ Ferocious Falls Short

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Sudent

Here I have to report a surprisingly poor showing, as an advanced solving collection, of Will Shortz’ “Beware! Very Challenging” puzzles from his 2008 book, Ferocious Sudoku. Will Shortz collection books are by far the best known among U.S. Sudoku … Continue reading →

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Stephens’ Extremes Snaps III

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Sudent

This post finishes the  snapshots of significant solving events from Extreme review puzzles found in Paul Stephens’ books Mastering Sudoku Week by Week, and Sudoku Addict Workbook.   In the last post, we left Addicts 138 with removals you could follow … Continue reading →

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Stephens’ Extremes Snaps II

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Sudent

Here we continue with snapshots from the review puzzles from Stephens’ The Sudoku Addict’s Workbook.  The review covers 10 of 40 “Extreme” puzzles in this and Paul’s Mastering Sudoku Week by Week. The Extreme collection is highly recommended, even if … Continue reading →

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Stephens Extremes Snapshots I

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Sudent

Here we have highlight snapshots from the review puzzles from Paul Stephens’ Extreme collection.  Recent posts have been about the Stephens approach to basic and advanced solving.  The Sysudoku solving of two of the review puzzles, Weeks 48 and Addicts … Continue reading →

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