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I've been busy with many different things lately and I forgot about this puzzle.
Finally, here is my solution, using two very frequent (for puzzles in T&E(3)) impossible patterns (both members of Imp630-Select1).
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hidden-pairs-in-a-row: r5{n6 n9}{c4 c5} ==> r5c5≠8, r5c5≠4, r5c5≠2, r5c4≠8, r5c4≠7, r5c4≠4, r5c4≠2
hidden-pairs-in-a-column: c3{n3 n7}{r1 r2} ==> r2c3≠8, r2c3≠4, r2c3≠2, r1c3≠8, r1c3≠4, r1c3≠2
The impossible patterns that will be used (notice how close the other two are to tridagon):
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Trid-OR2-relation for digits 2, 4 and 8 in blocks:
b1, with cells (marked #): r1c2, r2c1, r3c3
b2, with cells (marked #): r1c4, r2c5, r3c6
b4, with cells (marked #): r6c2, r4c1, r5c3
b5, with cells (marked #): r6c5, r4c4, r5c6
with 2 guardians (in cells marked @): n5r5c3 n7r5c6
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 1 248# 37 ! 248# 5 6 ! 278 24789 34789 !
! 248# 5 37 ! 1 248# 9 ! 278 6 3478 !
! 6 9 248# ! 3 7 248# ! 1258 1248 458 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 248# 7 6 ! 248# 3 5 ! 9 248 1 !
! 3 1 2458#@ ! 69 69 2478#@ ! 2578 2478 4578 !
! 9 248# 2458 ! 2478 248# 1 ! 23578 23478 6 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 458 468 489 ! 56789 1689 78 ! 13678 13789 2 !
! 7 3 1 ! 24689 24689 248 ! 68 5 89 !
! 258 268 289 ! 56789 1689 3 ! 4 1789 789 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
EL14c30-OR3-relation for digits: 2, 4 and 8
in cells (marked #): (r5c6 r6c3 r6c2 r6c5 r4c8 r4c1 r4c4 r1c2 r1c4 r2c1 r2c5 r3c8 r3c3 r3c6)
with 3 guardians (in cells marked @) : n7r5c6 n5r6c3 n1r3c8
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 1 248# 37 ! 248# 5 6 ! 278 24789 34789 !
! 248# 5 37 ! 1 248# 9 ! 278 6 3478 !
! 6 9 248# ! 3 7 248# ! 1258 1248#@ 458 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 248# 7 6 ! 248# 3 5 ! 9 248# 1 !
! 3 1 2458 ! 69 69 2478#@ ! 2578 2478 4578 !
! 9 248# 2458#@ ! 2478 248# 1 ! 23578 23478 6 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 458 468 489 ! 56789 1689 78 ! 13678 13789 2 !
! 7 3 1 ! 24689 24689 248 ! 68 5 89 !
! 258 268 289 ! 56789 1689 3 ! 4 1789 789 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
EL14c13-OR3-relation for digits: 2, 4 and 8
in cells (marked #): (r5c3 r6c5 r6c4 r6c2 r4c8 r4c4 r4c1 r1c4 r1c2 r2c5 r2c1 r3c8 r3c6 r3c3)
with 3 guardians (in cells marked @) : n5r5c3 n7r6c4 n1r3c8
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 1 248# 37 ! 248# 5 6 ! 278 24789 34789 !
! 248# 5 37 ! 1 248# 9 ! 278 6 3478 !
! 6 9 248# ! 3 7 248# ! 1258 1248#@ 458 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 248# 7 6 ! 248# 3 5 ! 9 248# 1 !
! 3 1 2458#@ ! 69 69 2478 ! 2578 2478 4578 !
! 9 248# 2458 ! 2478#@ 248# 1 ! 23578 23478 6 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 458 468 489 ! 56789 1689 78 ! 13678 13789 2 !
! 7 3 1 ! 24689 24689 248 ! 68 5 89 !
! 258 268 289 ! 56789 1689 3 ! 4 1789 789 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
Trid-OR2-whip[4]: r6n5{c7 c3} - OR2{{n5r5c3 | n7r5c6}} - b6n7{r5c7 r6c8} - r6n3{c8 .} ==> r6c7≠8, r6c7≠2
Trid-OR2-whip[4]: r7c6{n8 n7} - OR2{{n7r5c6 | n5r5c3}} - b6n5{r5c7 r6c7} - c7n3{r6 .} ==> r7c7≠8
Trid-OR2-whip[4]: r6n3{c8 c7} - r6n7{c7 c4} - OR2{{n7r5c6 | n5r5c3}} - b6n5{r5c7 .} ==> r6c8≠8, r6c8≠4, r6c8≠2EL14c13-OR3-whip[4]: r6n5{c7 c3} - OR3{{n5r5c3 n7r6c4 | n1r3c8}} - b9n1{r7c8 r7c7} - c7n3{r7 .} ==> r6c7≠7finned-x-wing-in-rows: n7{r6 r9}{c4 c8} ==> r7c8≠7
EL14c30-OR3-whip[4]: c8n3{r7 r6} - r6c7{n3 n5} - OR3{{n5r6c3 n1r3c8 | n7r5c6}} - b6n7{r5c7 .} ==> r7c8≠1biv-chain[3]: b9n1{r9c8 r7c7} - r7n3{c7 c8} - r6c8{n3 n7} ==> r9c8≠7
finned-x-wing-in-rows: n7{r9 r6}{c4 c9} ==> r5c9≠7
whip[3]: r9n7{c9 c4} - r7c6{n7 n8} - b7n8{r7c1 .} ==> r9c9≠8
biv-chain[5]: r7c6{n8 n7} - b5n7{r5c6 r6c4} - r6c8{n7 n3} - b9n3{r7c8 r7c7} - r7n1{c7 c5} ==> r7c5≠8
EL14c30-OR3-whip[5]: c7n3{r6 r7} - c7n1{r7 r3} - OR3{{n1r3c8 n5r6c3 | n7r5c6}} - b6n7{r5c7 r6c8} - r6n3{c8 .} ==> r6c7≠5singles ==> r6c7=3, r6c8=7, r5c6=7, r7c6=8, r7c8=3, r6c3=5
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+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 1 248 37 ! 248 5 6 ! 278 2489 34789 !
! 248 5 37 ! 1 248 9 ! 278 6 3478 !
! 6 9 248 ! 3 7 24 ! 1258 1248 458 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 248 7 6 ! 248 3 5 ! 9 248 1 !
! 3 1 248 ! 69 69 7 ! 258 248 458 !
! 9 248 5 ! 248 248 1 ! 3 7 6 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
! 45 46 49 ! 5679 169 8 ! 167 3 2 !
! 7 3 1 ! 2469 2469 24 ! 68 5 89 !
! 258 268 289 ! 5679 169 3 ! 4 189 79 !
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
At least one candidate of a previous EL14c13-OR3-relation between candidates n5r5c3 n7r6c4 n1r3c8 has just been eliminated.
There remains an EL14c13-OR1-relation between candidates: n1r3c8
EL14c13-ORk-relation with only one candidate => r3c8=1S2-tte