B27

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B27

Postby denis_berthier » Tue May 20, 2025 4:42 am

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It seems you didn't like much my B24 puzzle - though it has a very decent tridagon.

You'll hate my B27 one below.
Note the impressive number of candidates remaining after Singles and whips[1]: 237.

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+-------+-------+-------+
! . . . ! . . . ! 7 8 9 !
! . . 6 ! . . . ! 1 . . !
! . . . ! 2 . . ! 6 . . !
+-------+-------+-------+
! . . 1 ! 9 . . ! 5 . . !
! 8 . . ! . . 3 ! . . . !
! . 4 . ! . 7 . ! . . . !
+-------+-------+-------+
! 3 . . ! . . 8 ! . . . !
! . . 2 ! 1 . . ! . . 6 !
! . 7 . ! . 4 . ! . . . !
+-------+-------+-------+
......789..6...1.....2..6....19..5..8....3....4..7....3....8.....21....6.7..4....


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Resolution state after Singles and whips[1]:
   +----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
   ! 1245   1235   345    ! 3456   1356   1456   ! 7      8      9      !
   ! 4579   3589   6      ! 34578  3589   4579   ! 1      2345   2345   !
   ! 14579  13589  345789 ! 2      13589  14579  ! 6      345    345    !
   +----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
   ! 267    236    1      ! 9      268    246    ! 5      23467  23478  !
   ! 8      2569   579    ! 456    1256   3      ! 249    124679 1247   !
   ! 2569   4      359    ! 568    7      1256   ! 2389   12369  1238   !
   +----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
   ! 3      1569   459    ! 567    2569   8      ! 249    124579 12457  !
   ! 459    589    2      ! 1      359    579    ! 3489   34579  6      !
   ! 1569   7      589    ! 356    4      2569   ! 2389   12359  12358  !
   +----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
237 candidates
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