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Tag Archives: line marking
A Hidden Single Dispatches Beware 165
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
Posted in Basic Solving Procedures, Puzzle Reviews, Shortz
Tagged hidden singles, line marking, Will Shortz Hard Sudoku
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Be Especially Aware 155
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
Posted in Basic Solving Procedures, Puzzle Reviews, Shortz
Tagged line marking, Will Shortz Hard Sudoku
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An Unexpected Challenge from TV Times
Sysudokie Sunday breakfasts were shaken up February 4 by the Sudoku in the TV Times, which unaccountably defied the bypass. Accustomed to dusting this one off as a warm up, many wound up with an unwelcomed cloud on the amply … Continue reading
Touring the Bypass and a Human Engineered Inscription
This post continues the visit of Sudoku Satisfaction readers to Sysudoku with a demonstration of the slink marking bypass, line marking inscription, and basic subset spotting. How was lunch? . . . Good. OK, we’re ready to continue. Here is … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Solving Procedures, Expert Reviews
Tagged box marking, box/line, bypass, line marking, Richard Seemel, Sudoku Satisfaction
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An xyt Color Wrap
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I come across a coloring resource in Berthier’s xyt chain. The elaboration of Royle 17-20565 in Chapter XVII of The Hidden Logic of Sudoku is a challenge in itself. By the theory of looking … Continue reading
Green’s Labor Day Sunday 5-Star
The last Sudoku of Dave Green’s Labor Day Weekend, the Sunday 5-Star, has a challenging sysudokie bypass and line marking, barely staying within the lines of basic solving. Even on a ©PowerPoint grid, this puzzle would be a nightmare with … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Solving Procedures, Green, Puzzle Reviews
Tagged 2-D Sudoku trace, bypass, Dave Green, line marking
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Green’s Labor Day Weekend Workout
Here I checkpoint the bypass on the correct version of Dave Green’s 9/03/16 Saturday 4-Star, and assign my readers to try the bypass on his Sunday puzzle. The series of three demonstrates how the challenge and efficiency of the bypass … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Solving Procedures, Green, Puzzle Reviews
Tagged Bradley Hand ITC, Dave Green, line marking, slink marking bypass
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Jacobs’ Sudoku for the Brave
Coming back to basics, this post reviews Charlie Jacobs’ collection of basic puzzles, Sudoku for the Brave. The book has no commentary at all. Just puzzles and solutions. Charlie labels his 200 puzzles “Extreme”, but they don’t come close to … Continue reading
Alary at His Stingiest
This post details the solving of the Antoine Alary review puzzle More Extreme 104, featuring a laborious line marking leading to a sea of candidates. Then the day is saved by Antoine’s escape hatch, maintaining a reasonably advanced level of … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced Solving, Alary, Puzzle Reviews
Tagged Antoine Alary, line marking, naked triple, X-chain
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The 2014 Akron Sudoku Tournament
Here is a report on my experience in the Akron-Summit County Library Sudoku Tournament of 2014 last Saturday. In particular, it’s a brief review on how well my recently introduced dublex bypass worked on the tournament puzzles. Each puzzle came … Continue reading
