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Oct 15 H vs VH

 
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rmireland



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:14 pm    Post subject: Oct 15 H vs VH Reply with quote
I know many of you boys can’t wait for the next VH, but that’s not me.

I've just finished with today’s H, and I have to say I still love a good H one. Sure the VH are stimulating and fun, if you just want a quickie climaxing in an XY. That’s a good mental release.

But for me, I like the long, slow intimacy I get with an H. I like to start with digit one, and slowly work my way up. After I play four, I'm already too far in to stop - I have to finish. And pairs, I just love them all. Hidden ones are exciting but there’s nothing gets me going faster than seeing naked pairs. I never get tired of that. Locked candidates? I'm your man!

My wife feels the same way. She really doesn’t like VH that much at all, but if we have a nice H, she’s happy to play with me, as long as we solve it within 4 hours.

We love this site. We pray for the H's to keep coming for a long time.
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keith



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
rm,

If you'd like to get a Hard on every day Very Happy try Helmut's site:

http://www.saueregger.at/sudoku/

Use the arrows on the left and right to scroll through the day's puzzles. Click on the puzzle to print it or to send it to Draw/Play.

I think that Helmut's puzzles are more interesting in the way you describe. They are not the one-trick ponies that this site's VH usually are.

Keith

PS: I won't make the remark about naked triples.
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dongrave



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You enjoyed today's H? Holy crow! What was 'hard' about that? I didn't see anything that I would consider hard. It wasn't that obvious triple that made it qualify as a hard, was it? (ugh.) Give me a VH any day!
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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If you'd like to get a Hard on every day try Helmut's site:


Keith, maybe he could try V-agra rather than Helmut's site. Laughing

(Sam's filter doesn't like the full name of that medication)
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keith



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
don,

I enjoyed the puzzle, which I did without pencil marks, as is my wont. I did not see a triple. The key seemed to be placing 9 in B9.

To each his own. What do you care that others like different puzzles than you do?

Keith
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dongrave



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
keith wrote:
don,

I enjoyed the puzzle, which I did without pencil marks, as is my wont. I did not see a triple. The key seemed to be placing 9 in B9.

To each his own. What do you care that others like different puzzles than you do?

Keith

Oh! That's right! The H didn't even have a triple, did it? I confused the H that day with a VH that I did from the archive (because I finished the H with so much time still on my lunch hour). I do that all the time. I don't really care what others enjoy Keith! Ireland was expressing his opinion (and saying how he didn't like VHs) so I thought I'd express mine! Don.
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Pat



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:58 pm    Post subject: re: Daily SuDoku — 2015.Oct.15 — Hard Reply with quote
    Code:
    +-------+-------+-------+
    | . . 3 | . 4 . | . 6 8 |
    | . . 4 | 5 . 7 | . . . |
    | 7 . . | . . . | . 2 . |
    +-------+-------+-------+
    | . . . | . 1 . | 2 . 9 |
    | . . . | 2 . 3 | . . . |
    | 8 . 2 | . 7 . | . . . |
    +-------+-------+-------+
    | . 3 . | . . . | . . 2 |
    | . . . | 3 . 8 | 4 . . |
    | 1 4 . | . 5 . | 8 . . |
    +-------+-------+-------+
keith wrote:
I enjoyed the puzzle, which I did without pencil marks, as is my wont.
The key seemed to be placing 9 in B9.
    after some "hidden singles",
    it takes just 1 move:
      b8 "hidden" duo {1,4}
      ==> b8 7

      OR: b8 "naked" duo ={6,9}
      solves r9c4
    the latter may be considered a Locked Pair?
    (sorry, not sure about the terminology)
      Code:
      +-------+-------+-------+
      | . . 3 | . 4 . | 7 6 8 |
      | 6 8 4 | 5 2 7 | . . . |
      | 7 . . | 8 3 6 | 5 2 4 |
      +-------+-------+-------+
      | 3 . . | . 1 . | 2 8 9 |
      | 4 . . | 2 8 3 | . . . |
      | 8 . 2 | . 7 . | . . . |
      +-------+-------+-------+
      | . 3 8 | . . . | . . 2 |
      | . . . | 3 . 8 | 4 . . |
      | 1 4 . | . 5 2 | 8 . . |
      +-------+-------+-------+
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