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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
