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[Pat]

Bonus points will be given if a puzzle can be solved without a technique name starting with Almost or ending in Chain -- except XY-Chain. (i.e., the simpler the better!)

of the above Swordfish examples, only 3 would be acceptable as "superior plus" --

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~ Pat

[ronk]

Bonus points will be given if a puzzle can be solved without a technique name starting with Almost or ending in Chain -- except XY-Chain. (i.e., the simpler the better!)

of the above Swordfish examples, only 3 would be acceptable as "superior plus"

Pat, it appears that's because the others contain xy-wing(s).

daj95376, as you are likely aware, an xy-wing is a short xy-chain.

[daj95376]

It appears that I wasn't clear on the techniques that I'd prefer to see while solving a 333/4444 puzzle. I was trying to indicate in my initial message that XY-Chains were acceptable.

Here's a list of techniques my solver can handle. I was hoping to get puzzles that it could solve. You'll notice that ALS and other 'almost' techniques are missing. Most chains are missing, but XY-Chain is present.

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Naked/Hidden Subsets
Locked Candidates (1) & (2)
X-Wing
Swordfish
Jellyfish
XY-Wing
XYZ-Wing
BUG+1
Unique Rectangle Type 1
XY-Chain


After this, I resort to Templates and forcing chains to complete puzzles.

[Pat]

Bonus points will be given if a puzzle can be solved without a technique name starting with Almost or ending in Chain -- except XY-Chain. (i.e., the simpler the better!)

of the above Swordfish examples, only 3 would be acceptable as "superior plus"

i liked "the simpler the better" therefore praised those 3 puzzles
perhaps they should also be posted in the "superior plus" Topic --

[Pat]

Full Swordfish and Jellyfish appear to be difficult to locate.

I modified my puzzle-generator to try and generate them.

I now have many regular Swordfish and Jellyfish to share,
but I only managed to generate three 333 Swordfish.

three -- out of how many ?

just curious as to the statistics --

[daj95376]

three -- out of how many ?

just curious as to the statistics --

Pat,

Of 965 puzzles generated, I found 521 Swordfish with the following distribution for each type.
(note: Some puzzles had more than one Swordfish.)

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222: 309
223: 167
233:  42
333:   3


As for cross-posting to the Superior Plus thread, I get chewed out enough. I try to keep cross-posting to a minimal. You are certainly welcome to cross-post any of my puzzles that you feel are appropriate elsewhere!

[Pat]

Of 965 puzzles generated,
I found 521 Swordfish
with the following distribution for each type.
(note: Some puzzles had more than one Swordfish.)

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222: 309
223: 167
233:  42
333:   3



thanks!
amazingly low occurrence of 333,
i hope someone can come up with an explanation --

[Pat]

4444 Jellyfish -- 2 new examples from Mauricio (2008.Jan.7)
( and both do qualify as "superior plus" )

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.............1.....123.456...........27...38..36.5.42...........682.715..74...83.



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 . 6 8 | 2 . 7 | 1 5 .
 . 7 4 | . . . | 8 3 .



[daj95376]

Yes, Mauricio's pattern and clue cells force a 4444 Jellyfish in <9> to exist from the very beginning. The trick appears to be in assigning clues that force a minimal unique solution without compromising the Jellyfish. Impressive!