rjamil wrote:
My wild guesses are as follows:
(30)r1c1 - (31)r3c1 - (32)r3c3 - (33)r5c1 - (34)r7c1 - (35)r9c1 - (36)r11c3 - (37)r9c3
(37)r9c3 - (38)r11c1 - (39)r2c10 - (40)r2c8
R. Jamil
(39)r2c10
may be r11c10
rjamil wrote:
My wild guesses are as follows:
(30)r1c1 - (31)r3c1 - (32)r3c3 - (33)r5c1 - (34)r7c1 - (35)r9c1 - (36)r11c3 - (37)r9c3
(37)r9c3 - (38)r11c1 - (39)r2c10 - (40)r2c8
R. Jamil
rjamil wrote:My wild guesses are as follows:
(30)r1c1 - (31)r3c1 - (32)r3c3 - (33)r5c1 - (34)r7c1 - (35)r9c1 - (36)r11c3 - (37)r9c3
(37)r9c3 - (38)r11c1 - (39)r2c10 - (40)r2c8
="1to9only"
The '(37)r9c3 - (38)r11c1 - (39)r2c10 - (40)r2c8' route is correct.
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tarek wrote:
I prepared 2 puzzles from which I decided to post the above but I can post the other as V2 puzzle tomorrow if anybody is interested to have another go.
tarek
1to9only wrote:After this, I've not spent much time on this problem of saving Ali Baba!!
But, I've been able to deduce the following:
(37)r9c3 - (38)r11c1 - (39)r2c10 - (40)r2c8
... ... 044 ... ... ... ... 012 ... ... ...
XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... ...
041 ... ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX
XXX XXX ... ... ... ... XXX XXX ... ... 067
... ... XXX 028 XXX ... 058 ... ... XXX XXX
081 ... XXX 001 XXX 016 XXX ... XXX ... ...
... ... XXX ... XXX ... 057 033 ... XXX XXX
XXX XXX ... ... 049 ... XXX XXX ... ... ...
... ... ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX
XXX XXX ... XXX XXX 010 ... ... 006 ... ...
... 062 073 ... ... 022 ... ... ... ... ...
step 16 T
30 72 29 71 24 69 23 77 22 78 73
* * 13 * * 46 10 40 8 63 50
31 74 32 * * 76 * * 21 * *
* * 12 45 11 41 * * 9 64 7
33 55 * 75 * 58 18 59 20 * *
81 6 * 44 * 42 * 66 * 65 1
34 54 * 56 * 57 19 60 17 * *
* * 27 43 26 67 * * 2 80 5
35 53 37 * * 61 * * 16 * *
* * 28 * * 70 25 68 3 79 4
38 49 36 48 14 47 15 62 51 39 52
Great … Ali Baba is saved!m_b_metcalf wrote:….as he only arrives at the exit with a bit of further prompting (explicitly hand coded). Still, I thought it worth mentioning the approach for any comments.
tarek wrote:Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves V2