Tag Archives: pink olive analysis

Classic 168 and Updated Only Extreme 89

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Sudent

James Forest’s Classic Sudoku 168 is a Basic level challenge.  In this post, the Classic review is continued with the 168 box marked grid, and a basic trace carrying through the collapse on the second line of line marking. Then … Continue reading →

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KD Insane 485 Introduces the ALS Boomerang

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Sudent

This post is about the update of the 9/24/13 post on KrazyDad Insane v4, b8, n5. An unrecognized type of ANL found by Andrew Stuart’s Sudokuwiki solver is accorded a spotting technique, and a name suggesting the technique. When the … Continue reading →

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Books 3 and 4 In the KD Insane Review

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Sudent

Welcome to 2019 Systematic Sudoku. This post continues on the updated KrazyDad v4 review, with KD Insane 435 and 445. This is a brief report on what you’ll find in the updated posts of August 2013. The review update begins … 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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The ALS Jump Ball

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sudent

The last review puzzle from the Weekly Extreme Competition, Wex 435, evades the Sue de Coq to give us: a precaution about grouped forcing chains in XYZ-wings, a genuinely extreme patterns trial, and an obvious form of ALS trial to … Continue reading →

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Taking on More Extreme 200

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Sudent

This post and the next checkpoint a sysudokie solution of Antoine Alary’s extra tough More Extreme 200. Sysudokie readers are given an opportunity to get a little extreme, as well. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Let’s do the 200. But first, … Continue reading →

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Trials on KD Insane 475

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Sudent

This updated post shows how pattern slicing, a theme in the Krazy Dad Insane review, fails on the v4, book 7, n5 puzzle. The fall back is a Sysudoku trial innovation, the Single Alternate Trial Sue de Coq. The method, … Continue reading →

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A Sudokuwiki Resolution of Insane 475

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Sudent

In this post Insane 475 is taken through basic and then submitted to Andrew Stuart’s Sudokuwiki solver for advanced solving.  In the original review, the puzzle was solved by an Single Alternative Sue de Coq trial, but in this update … Continue reading →

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Insane 455 Colors With Pink Olive Crayons

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Sudent

This post explores a relationship between pattern slicing and Medusa coloring, and develops a trial based on this relationship. After extreme resistance to advanced methods, KD Insane v4 b5 n5 falls prey to a coloring cluster generated by a strong … Continue reading →

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Insane 425 Finishes With The Pink Olive

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Sudent

This post finishes the solution of KD Insane 425 review with pattern slicing, a technique also referred to as the pink olive. Before that, we attempt to answer the homework question by using patterns to merge the clusters. That doesn’t … Continue reading →

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