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Tag Archives: pink olive analysis
KD Insane 485 Introduces the ALS Boomerang
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
Fata Morgana Wrapped in Pink Olive
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
Posted in Extreme Solving, Monster
Tagged Fata Morgana, pattern analysis, pink olive analysis, pink olive trial, remote pair
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The ALS Jump Ball
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
Taking on More Extreme 200
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
Posted in Alary, Extreme Solving, Puzzle Reviews
Tagged Antoine Alary, double x-wing, More Extreme 200, pattern analysis, pink olive analysis, sue-de-coq
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Trials on KD Insane 475
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
A Sudokuwiki Resolution of Insane 475
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
Posted in Extreme Solving, KrazyDad, Puzzle Reviews
Tagged AIC, AIC trial, pattern slicing, pink olive analysis, sue-de-coq
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Insane 455 Colors With Pink Olive Crayons
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
Insane 425 Finishes With The Pink Olive
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
