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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:02 am    Post subject: Pattern game 10.55 TTHsieh 6.0 |   |  
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 |..1|234|5..|
 |.3.|5.6|.1.|
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 |.13|...|74.|
 |.7.|...|.5.|
 |.56|...|18.|
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 |.4.|8.2|.3.|
 |..7|641|9..|
 |...|...|...|
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:59 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Code after basics: 
  	  | Code: |  	  | *-----------------------------------------------------------* | 6     2     5     | 17    18    78    | 34    9     34    |
 | 78    9     1     | 2     3     4     | 5     6     78    |
 | 478   3     48    | 5     9     6     | 28    1     278   |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 28    1     3     | 9     68    5     | 7     4     26    |
 | 2489  7     48    | 14    168   38    | 23    5     2369  |
 | 49    5     6     | 47    2     37    | 1     8     39    |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 5     4     9     | 8     7     2     | 6     3     1     |
 | 3     8     7     | 6     4     1     | 9     2     5     |
 | 1     6     2     | 3     5     9     | 48    7     48    |
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 Look at  the AUR(78)r23c19. At first glance it appears as a Type 4 UR that results in r3c19<>8 but that does not advance the puzzle. However, we get a one step solution using the internal inferences of the AUR.
 
 (1=4)r5c4-r6c4=r6c1-AUR(78)r23c19[(4)r3c1=(2)r3c9)]-(2=6)r4c9-r4c5=r5c5; r5c5<>1
 
 Sometimes the obvious hides the useful.
   
 Ted
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		| arkietech 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:31 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | tlanglet wrote: |  	  | Sometimes the obvious hides the useful.   
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 Amen! I like one step solutions and they sometimes hide.
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | *-----------------------------------------------------------* | 6     2     5     | 17    18    78    | 34    9     34    |
 | 78    9     1     | 2     3     4     | 5     6     78    |
 | 478   3     48    | 5     9     6     | 28    1     278   |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 28    1     3     | 9     68    5     | 7     4     26    |
 |d489-2 7     48    | 14    168   38    |a23    5     2369  |
 |c49    5     6     | 47    2     37    | 1     8    b39    |
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 | 5     4     9     | 8     7     2     | 6     3     1     |
 | 3     8     7     | 6     4     1     | 9     2     5     |
 | 1     6     2     | 3     5     9     | 48    7     48    |
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 h3-wing
 (2=3)r5c7-(3=9)r6c9-r6c1=(9)r5c1 => r5c1<>2; stte
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:02 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | arkietech wrote: |  	  |  	  | tlanglet wrote: |  	  | Sometimes the obvious hides the useful.   
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 Amen! I like one step solutions and they sometimes hide.
 
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 Clean, simple 4-cell chains such as you just posted are also great.
 
 Ted
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:24 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Potential DP 28-68-26 in boxes 456. Possibilities yield common outcome r5c3=8. 
 
  	  | Code: |  	  | *-----------------------------------------------------------* | 6     2     5     | 17    18    78    | 34    9     34    |
 | 78    9     1     | 2     3     4     | 5     6     78    |
 | 478   3     48    | 5     9     6     | 28    1     278   |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 28    1     3     | 9     68    5     | 7     4     26    |
 | 2489  7     48    | 14    168   38    | 23    5     2369  |
 | 49    5     6     | 47    2     37    | 1     8     39    |
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 | 5     4     9     | 8     7     2     | 6     3     1     |
 | 3     8     7     | 6     4     1     | 9     2     5     |
 | 1     6     2     | 3     5     9     | 48    7     48    |
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		| Marty R. 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:14 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Quote: |  	  | Sometimes the obvious hides the useful. | 
 
 Ted, what's obvious to one isn't necessarily obvious to another. And, not surprisingly, I don't understand your solution.
 
 I also saw the UR and saw the futility of playing it as a Type 4. And I'm mad at myself for not seeing the first time around what I saw after the fact. To kill that DP, r3c1=4 or r3c9=2. The 2 proves r6c4=4 and the pincers set r6c1<>4.
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		| tlanglet 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:53 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Marty R. wrote: |  	  |  	  | Quote: |  	  | Sometimes the obvious hides the useful. | 
 
 Ted, what's obvious to one isn't necessarily obvious to another.
 
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 Marty, the intent of my comment was to remind folks, including myself, that it is possible to work many patterns to get different and/or additional deletions. Just taking the standard pattern deletions may not be fruitful but alternative approaches may be a winner.
 
 Ted
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