Tag Archives: sashimi fish

The Peter Gordon Fishing Guide

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Sudent

We leave November and basic solving with a review of Peter Gordon’s advanced solving recommendations in his Mensa® Guide to Solving Sudoku, now re-issued as the PuzzleWright Guide etc. After a brief summary of the Guide’s general failings, this post … Continue reading →

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Harvest from the Assistant Report

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Sudent

This post summarizes what led to the review of Bob Hanson’s web report on his Sudoku Assistant, and what was gained from it. There is also an instructive checkpoint on a T&E method endorsed in the report. I’ve been on … Continue reading →

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Suset Sashimi

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Sudent

This review of Hanson’s Sudoku Assistant shows that his grid ALS discovery algorithm, which I have long used as a scratchpad algorithm for human solvers, is very good at finding effective finned fish and kraken fish, particularly sashimi. Readers were … Continue reading →

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The SudoPod?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sudent

When I ran across, in http://www.sudowiki.org, Andrew Stuart’s treatment of a pattern he says is “poached straight from Sudopedia”, I thought  there must be a serious disagreement in the Sudoku community over the use of the term “Franken fish”.  Andrew’s … Continue reading →

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The Shameless Sashimi

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Sudent

Which Sashimi did you find in the LA Times 5/14/09 5-panel?  Was this one of them?  We could describe it as a Sashimi 5-wing in r13 with fin r3c1.  Note the new 5-chain added to the panel.  It also removes … Continue reading →

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Kraken Fish and Sashimi Fish

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Sudent

As we round the corner in our aquarium tour, the label on the n The aquarium tour continues with two additional fish, and how ER/forcing chain “seeing” applies to them. As we round the corner in our aquarium tour, the … Continue reading →

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