Kunegochu wrote:i am really confused about the methods of solving the more complicted sudokus
i only can solve the sudokus that use cross hatching and other easy methods
but i dont get how x wing and other more difficult ways work
i have looked on the internet
but all the explantions are confusing...
can somone please explain in a way that i can understand?
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
| 13 8 49 | 7 135 15 | 49 6 2 |
| 136 39 (A)13469 | 13 2 8 | 459 7 59 |
| 7 5 2 | 49 49 6 | 3 1 8 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 4 139 8 | 19 6 7 | 59 2 359 |
| 56 19 56 | 2 1489 3 | 7 48 49 |
| 2 7 *39 | 5 489 49 | 6 *348 1 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 135 6 7 | 134 1345 2 | 8 9 34 |
| 8 4 (A)135 | 6 1359 159 | 2 (A)35 7 |
| 9 2 *35 | 8 7 45 | 1 *345 6 |
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 14 3 | 5 49 7 | 19 6 8 |
| 6 5 14 | 249 2349 8 | 139 12 7 |
| 8 7 9 | 12 1236 136 | 5 4 23 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 7 2 16 | 3 5 16 | 8 9 4 |
| 14 9 5 | 1247 8 146 | 137 12 236 |
| 3 8 146 | 1247 1246 9 | 17 5 26 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 14 6 8 | 149 1349 134 | 2 7 5 |
| 5 14 7 | 8 14 2 | 6 3 9 |
| 9 3 2 | 6 7 5 | 4 8 1 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Candidate grid for digit 4: X-Wing r18\c25
Rows 1 & 8: two candidates per row, and two common columns -- 2 & 5
other candidates in columns 2 & 5 can be eliminated
+-----------------------------------+
| . *4 . | . *4 . | . . . |
| . . 4 | 4 -4 . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . 4 . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . . | . . . | . . 4 |
| 4 . . | 4 . 4 | . . . |
| . . 4 | 4 -4 . | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| 4 . . | 4 -4 4 | . . . |
| . *4 . | . *4 . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | 4 . . |
+-----------------------------------+
Candidate grid for digit 4: X-Wing c16\r57
Columns 1 & 6: two candidates per column, and two common rows -- 5 & 7
other candidates in rows 5 & 7 can be eliminated
+-----------------------------------+
| . 4 . | . 4 . | . . . |
| . . 4 | 4 4 . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . 4 . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| . . . | . . . | . . 4 |
| *4 . . | -4 . *4 | . . . |
| . . 4 | 4 4 . | . . . |
|-----------+-----------+-----------|
| *4 . . | -4 -4 *4 | . . . |
| . 4 . | . 4 . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | 4 . . |
+-----------------------------------+