Monthly Archives: July 2015

Sadistic Sudoku Review

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Sudent

No, it isn’t a sadistic review. I’m reviewing Arnold Snyder’s Sadistic Sudoku collection of puzzles. Arnold’s solving advice, as presented in his “Sudoku Formula” books 2 and 3, will be analyzed in the following post. Two typical review puzzles are … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Wex 435

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Sudent

This post updates the Weekly Extreme Review with a revisit of Wex 435, a puzzle that proved resistant to the single alternate Sue de Coq and was deemed the toughest in the review series, inspiring an extreme ALS trial, the … Continue reading →

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The Olive Side of Fata Morgana

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Sudent

This post illustrates with Fata Morgana the practice of taking both sides of a trial, to be sure that a contradiction is found. The pink trial led to the solution. Fully expecting a contradiction, the olive trial begins with the … Continue reading →

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Fata Morgana Wrapped in Pink Olive

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Sudent

In this post, the solution of the well known monster Fata Morgana is reached via pattern analysis, on a trial of pink patterns vs olive patterns, a frequently used Sysudoku extreme method. In the previous post, the orange candidates of … Continue reading →

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