.
Thanks for your answers. Mine uses a 3-digit impossible pattern that hasn't yet been met in my previous selections of puzzles: EL13c176 (the first pattern in my 2nd selection, a -4+5 pattern wrt tridagon):
- Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
! . . Z ! . . X ! . . X !
! . . . ! . - Z ! . X . !
! . . . ! X . . ! X . . !
+-------+-------+-------+
! . . Z ! - . Z ! . . X !
! . . Z ! . X . ! . X . !
! . . . ! . . - ! - . . !
+-------+-------+-------+
! o o . ! . . . ! . . . !
! o o . ! . . . ! . . . !
! o o . ! . . . ! . . . !
+-------+-------+-------+
hidden-pairs-in-a-column: c4{n3 n7}{r4 r6} ==> r6c4≠5, r6c4≠2, r4c4≠9, r4c4≠2
whip[1]: b5n2{r5c6 .} ==> r5c3≠2, r5c7≠2, r5c8≠2, r5c9≠2
whip[1]: r4n9{c9 .} ==> r5c7≠9, r5c8≠9, r5c9≠9
whip[1]: r6n5{c9 .} ==> r5c7≠5, r5c8≠5, r5c9≠5
hidden-pairs-in-a-row: r1{n7 n8}{c7 c8} ==> r1c8≠9, r1c8≠5, r1c8≠2, r1c7≠9, r1c7≠5, r1c7≠2
hidden-pairs-in-a-column: c6{n3 n6}{r1 r3} ==> r3c6≠9, r3c6≠5, r3c6≠2, r1c6≠9, r1c6≠5, r1c6≠2
The two ORk-relations that will be used:
- Code: Select all
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 12356 12569 12369 ! 4 259 36 ! 78 78 259 !
! 4 259 7 ! 1 8 259 ! 259 3 6 !
! 8 2569 2369 ! 259 7 36 ! 1 2459 2459 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 26 268 5 ! 37 4 1 ! 26789 26789 239 !
! 7 3 168 ! 259 259 259 ! 68 468 14 !
! 9 12 4 ! 37 6 8 ! 257 257 1235 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 235 2589 2389 ! 259 1 4 ! 2569 2569 7 !
! 125 7 129 ! 6 3 259 ! 4 259 8 !
! 256 4 269 ! 8 259 7 ! 3 1 259 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
OR2-anti-tridagon[12] for digits 5, 9 and 2 in blocks:
b2, with cells: r1c5, r2c6, r3c4
b3, with cells: r1c9, r2c7, r3c8
b8, with cells: r9c5, r8c6, r7c4
b9, with cells: r9c9, r8c8, r7c7
with 2 guardians: n4r3c8 n6r7c7
OR4-EL13c176 relation for digits: 2, 5 and 9
in cells (marked #): (r3c2 r3c8 r3c4 r2c2 r2c7 r2c6 r8c8 r8c6 r9c9 r9c5 r7c2 r7c8 r7c4)
with 4 guardians (in cells marked @) : n6r3c2 n4r3c8 n8r7c2 n6r7c8
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 12356 12569 12369 ! 4 259 36 ! 78 78 259 !
! 4 259# 7 ! 1 8 259# ! 259# 3 6 !
! 8 2569#@ 2369 ! 259# 7 36 ! 1 2459#@ 2459 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 26 268 5 ! 37 4 1 ! 26789 26789 239 !
! 7 3 168 ! 259 259 259 ! 68 468 14 !
! 9 12 4 ! 37 6 8 ! 257 257 1235 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 235 2589#@ 2389 ! 259# 1 4 ! 2569 2569#@ 7 !
! 125 7 129 ! 6 3 259# ! 4 259# 8 !
! 256 4 269 ! 8 259# 7 ! 3 1 259# !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
z-chain[3]: c9n3{r4 r6} - r6n1{c9 c2} - r6n2{c2 .} ==> r4c9≠2
Trid-OR2-ctr-whip[3]: r5c7{n8 n6} - r5c8{n6 n4} - OR2{{n6r7c7 n4r3c8 | .}} ==> r5c3≠8singles ==> r4c2=8, r7c3=8, r7c1=3
- Code: Select all
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 1256 12569 12369 ! 4 259 36 ! 78 78 259 !
! 4 259 7 ! 1 8 259 ! 259 3 6 !
! 8 2569 2369 ! 259 7 36 ! 1 2459 2459 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 26 8 5 ! 37 4 1 ! 2679 2679 39 !
! 7 3 16 ! 259 259 259 ! 68 468 14 !
! 9 12 4 ! 37 6 8 ! 257 257 1235 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 3 259 8 ! 259 1 4 ! 2569 2569 7 !
! 125 7 129 ! 6 3 259 ! 4 259 8 !
! 256 4 269 ! 8 259 7 ! 3 1 259 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
At least one candidate of a previous EL13c176-OR4-relation between candidates n6r3c2 n4r3c8 n8r7c2 n6r7c8 has just been eliminated.
There remains an EL13c176-OR3-relation between candidates: n6r3c2 n4r3c8 n6r7c8
whip[1]: c2n6{r3 .} ==> r1c1≠6, r1c3≠6, r3c3≠6
biv-chain[3]: b4n2{r4c1 r6c2} - c2n1{r6 r1} - c1n1{r1 r8} ==> r8c1≠2
Trid-OR2-whip[3]: OR2{{n6r7c7 | n4r3c8}} - r5c8{n4 n8} - r5c7{n8 .} ==> r4c7≠6whip[4]: r4n6{c8 c1} - b4n2{r4c1 r6c2} - r6c7{n2 n5} - r6c8{n5 .} ==> r4c8≠7
biv-chain[5]: r6c2{n2 n1} - b6n1{r6c9 r5c9} - b6n4{r5c9 r5c8} - c8n8{r5 r1} - c8n7{r1 r6} ==> r6c8≠2
biv-chain[5]: r6n3{c4 c9} - b6n1{r6c9 r5c9} - b6n4{r5c9 r5c8} - c8n8{r5 r1} - c8n7{r1 r6} ==> r6c4≠7
singles ==> r6c4=3, r4c4=7, r4c9=3
EL13c176-OR3-whip[5]: b4n2{r6c2 r4c1} - r4n6{c1 c8} - OR3{{n6r7c8 n6r3c2 | n4r3c8}} - r5c8{n4 n8} - r5c7{n8 .} ==> r3c2≠2
EL13c176-OR3-whip[6]: c2n1{r1 r6} - r5c3{n1 n6} - c7n6{r5 r7} - OR3{{n6r7c8 n6r3c2 | n4r3c8}} - r5c8{n4 n8} - r5c7{n8 .} ==> r1c2≠6The end, in W6, has nothing noticeable:
- Code: Select all
singles ==> r3c2=6, r3c6=3, r1c6=6, r1c3=3
z-chain[5]: c9n9{r3 r9} - c3n9{r9 r8} - c3n1{r8 r5} - r5c9{n1 n4} - r3n4{c9 .} ==> r3c8≠9
whip[6]: c9n4{r3 r5} - r5n1{c9 c3} - c3n6{r5 r9} - r9n9{c3 c5} - r1n9{c5 c2} - c2n1{r1 .} ==> r3c9≠9
t-whip[2]: r3n9{c4 c3} - c2n9{r2 .} ==> r7c4≠9
t-whip[2]: c9n9{r1 r9} - r7n9{c8 .} ==> r1c2≠9
whip[4]: r4c7{n2 n9} - r2c7{n9 n5} - r3n5{c9 c4} - r7c4{n5 .} ==> r7c7≠2
z-chain[5]: b9n2{r8c8 r9c9} - c3n2{r9 r8} - c3n1{r8 r5} - r5c9{n1 n4} - r3n4{c9 .} ==> r3c8≠2
t-whip[5]: c8n2{r8 r4} - r6n2{c9 c2} - r7n2{c2 c4} - r8n2{c6 c3} - r3n2{c3 .} ==> r9c9≠2
whip[1]: b9n2{r8c8 .} ==> r4c8≠2
biv-chain[5]: r9c9{n5 n9} - b3n9{r1c9 r2c7} - r4c7{n9 n2} - b4n2{r4c1 r6c2} - r6n1{c2 c9} ==> r6c9≠5
naked-pairs-in-a-row: r6{c2 c9}{n1 n2} ==> r6c7≠2
biv-chain[2]: b4n2{r6c2 r4c1} - c7n2{r4 r2} ==> r2c2≠2
z-chain[3]: b1n2{r1c2 r3c3} - b1n9{r3c3 r2c2} - b3n9{r2c7 .} ==> r1c9≠2
naked-pairs-in-a-column: c9{r1 r9}{n5 n9} ==> r3c9≠5
biv-chain[3]: b3n2{r2c7 r3c9} - r3c3{n2 n9} - r2c2{n9 n5} ==> r2c7≠5
naked-pairs-in-a-column: c7{r2 r4}{n2 n9} ==> r7c7≠9
biv-chain[3]: r3n5{c8 c4} - r7c4{n5 n2} - b9n2{r7c8 r8c8} ==> r8c8≠5
finned-x-wing-in-rows: n5{r8 r2}{c6 c1} ==> r1c1≠5
whip[1]: c1n5{r9 .} ==> r7c2≠5
swordfish-in-rows: n5{r3 r6 r7}{c4 c8 c7} ==> r5c4≠5
biv-chain[3]: r8n5{c1 c6} - b8n9{r8c6 r9c5} - r9c9{n9 n5} ==> r9c1≠5
S2-tte