The last technique we looked at can be extended slightly as candidates are exposed more clearly across the grid. In fact there are going to be times when we can’t directly find a new given in a box but we can limit the possibilities for our candidates so that they form a new “line” of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'sudoku'
Sudoku Techniques (Part 4) Box – Box interactions
June 22nd, 2009 4 Comments
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Sudoku Solving Techniques review
June 20th, 2009 No Comments
Right back at the beginning of developing this site, I promised to do a quick review of Sudoku Solving Techniques which you can see in the right hand margin. I think it’s appropriate to set up a reviews section to cover as many of the sudoku products that are out there and I will get [...]
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Sudoku Techniques (Part 3) – Box and Line Interactions
June 19th, 2009 No Comments
Before we get onto the next technique, I have an apology to make. I set you on an impossible task at the end of the last post, suggesting that there might be a hidden single in 2,7 which of course was complete nonsense! Oh well….my long road to being an “expert” sudoku solver just got [...]
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Sudoku Techniques (Part 1) – Naked Singles
June 16th, 2009 No Comments
Now that we have some ways to describe the layout of a sudoku grid, we can start to build up the techniques needed to solve sudoku puzzles.
I intend to cover a specific method in each post but I will mark each one with a difficulty level so that you can jump in wherever you feel [...]
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Welcome to Expert Sudoku Solver
June 10th, 2009 No Comments
So you’ve decided to become a Sudoku Solver. How many times have you desperately tried to get the puzzle in front of you to come out right? How many times have you sat next to someone who is looking at exactly the same newspaper as you, but they are cruising through the same Sudoku which [...]
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