Hopefully you found a series of fairly easy 2′s and 4′s from the puzzle as we left it in the previous post. You should have been able to complete them like this. Again I have tried to use darker colors to show later entries. If you start with box 7 and see how the 2′s [...]
Entries from July 23rd, 2009
How to play sudoku – part 2
July 22nd, 2009 No Comments
How many of you have had a chance to look at the puzzle from yesterday? You will notice that I am trying to solve the grid without using any kind of pencilmarks. I think this is a valuable exercise for your logical thinking and you will only find that it gets even easier once you [...]
Tags: how to play sudoku · sudoku · sudoku techniques
How to play sudoku – from the beginning.
July 21st, 2009 No Comments
It is becoming clear fom the poll that there are many people who find that just getting started with sudoku is their biggest problem and so I thought I’d start a case study – showing how to play sudoku from the start. What I have decided to do, is to actually solve an easy sudoku [...]
Tags: how to play sudoku · sudoku techniques
More site tweaks for Expert Sudoku Solver
July 16th, 2009 No Comments
Just an update on the site itself for those of you following the evolution of the blog. I have just switched the main RSS feed subscription (top right) to feedburner rather than relying on the built in feed all the time. As far as I know this won’t break any of you who are already [...]
Tags: feedburner · RSS
Sudoku Techniques (Part 9) – The Swordfish
July 15th, 2009 No Comments
This is going to be another post with a title designed to confuse you if you are a sudoku solver I’m afraid. Yet again if you are learning how to play sudoku, you may think you have arrived in the wrong place and worry that we are going to deal with angling tips instead of [...]
Tags: Sudoku Solving Techniques · Swordfish · X Wing
