Hi,
3-step resolution with anti-tracks:
1) P'(6r89c2) : -6r89c2->6r8c3->(8r8c4->9r7c4)->6r2c4 => -6r2c2 and 4 placements.
2) P'(8r7c2) : -8r7c2->(8r8c2->6r8c4->1r8c3)->4r7c2->8r7c6 => -8r7c45 and 11 placements
3) P'(8r7c6) : -8r7c6->4r7c6->6r4c6->1r4c2->1r8c3->4r8c8->1r3c8->6r2c8->8r2c4 => -8r8c4, stte.
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+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 56 2 8 | 4 679 1 | 379 569 357 |
| 1 56 3 | 689 2 678 | 4789 4569 457 |
| 4 9 7 | 5 68 3 | 18 16 2 |
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 569 156 1256 | 3 467 467 | 479 2459 8 |
| 569 3 256 | 1 4678 4678 | 479 2459 457 |
| 8 7 4 | 2 5 9 | 6 3 1 |
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 3 1458 15 | 89 1489 458 | 2 7 6 |
| 7 1468 16 | 68 3 2 | 5 14 9 |
| 2 1456 9 | 7 146 456 | 134 8 34 |
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
But we can reduce to two steps by grouping 2) and 3) together like this:
P'(8r7c46) : -8r7c46->--- ->6r2c8->8r2c4 => -8r8c4, stte
Robert