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Beware 195 Ends a Basic Review

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Sudent

In this final post of the review of Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku v.1, Beware! Very Challenging 195 is solved in the bypass. The review table is included for comparisons.  A new mode of blog posts will include reports and links … Continue reading →

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Beware 185 Finished in Line Marking

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Sudent

A basic clinic is concluding  for those wishing to make assembling candidates an entertaining task. It is Sysudoku basic on Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku v.1.  The solution detailed this week is Beware! Very Challenging 185. Here is the basic trace … Continue reading →

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Beware 175 Follows Suit

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Sudent

This continues the review of Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku v.1, with another documented basic finish. Starting the Guide?  Accounting for each move in this series, then trying them beforehand, will make Sysudoku basic yours. Beware 175 matches 165’s collapse point, … Continue reading →

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A Hidden Single Dispatches Beware 165

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Sudent

This post continues a review of Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku, v.1. with the sixth of ten pre-selected puzzles. Each one is resolved at the basic level. The detailed review requires time and patience,   but its value is the detailed examples … Continue reading →

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Be Especially Aware 155

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Sudent

This post demonstrates how, in line marking, the partially line marked grid invites the error of using  an incompletely marked cell as a completely marked one. Every Beware in this review of Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku v.1 highlights a different … Continue reading →

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It’s the Bypass In Hard Sudoku v1 145

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Sudent

I had Will Shortz’Hard Sudoku v.1 145 collapsing in box marking, showing that every phase of Sysudoku Basic is actively solving, not just accumulating candidates for advanced methods later. But in process of writing this up, I discovered that the … Continue reading →

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Three Basic Phases on Beware 135

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Sudent

An easy basic workout, with help from 3-fills, a hidden single, many naked pairs, and a hidden dublex in Beware 135, the fourth in the review of Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku, v.1. And two suggestions for Sysudoku readers. The basic … Continue reading →

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Hard Beware 125 Bypass

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Sudent

This post continues the review of 10 pre-selected Beware! Very Challenging puzzles from Will Shortz’ volume 1 of Hard Sudoku, with Beware 125. The review is a Sysudoku Basic Clinic, all being solved before candidates are completed and advanced methods … Continue reading →

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Chute Filling Beware 115

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Sudent

The second selection for the review of Will Shortz’ Hard Sudoku v.1 is Beware! Very Challenging 115. After a checkpoint on the Sysudoku Basic solution path, there is a brief report on the Guide’s Pattern Analysis page, now published in … Continue reading →

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The Akron 2017 Championship Sudoku

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Sudent

This is another Sysudoku analysis of the championship puzzle of the Sudoku tournament put on by the Akron-Summit Public Library. It’s an annual tournament of four rounds, the last being a three person solve – off on poster board grids, … Continue reading →

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