Monthly Archives: July 2014

Hanson Finned Fishing with ALS

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Sudent

Here Bob Hanson’s technique of identifying finned fish through almost locked grids, as reported in Sudoku Assistant – Solving Techniques, is explained and recommended as part of the Sysudoku x-panel analysis. Kraken analysis, neglected by Hanson, is demonstrated to produce … Continue reading →

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Sudoku Assistant’s ALS Toxic Sets

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Sudent

This post reviews Bob Hanson’s illustrations on ALS toxic sets, in Sudoku Assistant – Solving Techniques. For these illustrations, Hanson uses the bent naked n-set examples of the previous post. Strangely enough, this extreme economy brings insights. Bob Hanson designed … Continue reading →

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Hanson’s Bent Naked n-Set

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Sudent

This post examines Bob Hanson’s Bent Naked Subset rules in Sudoku Assistant – Solving Techniques, and provides a more relevant rationale – and  a more appropriate name – for his technique. Also, XYZ-wings not covered by the BNS are identified, … Continue reading →

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Bent Naked What?

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Sudent

Here I object to Bob Hanson’s use of the XY-wing and the XYZ-wing, in Sudoku Assistant – Solving Techniques, to introduce his more complicated concept of “bent naked subsets”. This treatment limits the wings to unit based links.  Also I’m … Continue reading →

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Bob Goes Fishing

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Sudent

This post examines Bob Hanson’s grid analysis, the Sudoku Assistant approach to regular fish, as described in Sudoku Assistant – Solving Techniques. Bob Hanson actually takes his generalized method fishing! Out on Sudoku lake, the GN looks like this: If … Continue reading →

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