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[rjamil]

Hi,

Got following valid Expert level standard Sudoku puzzle from Sudoku Master for Android:

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Puzzle

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I am interested to solve with Naked / Hidden Single/Pair/Triple/Quad, Pointing and Claiming Intersection Removal, Box-Line Reduction Intersection Removal, X-Wing, Sword Fish, Jelly Fish, XY-Wing, XYZ-Wing and Guess strategies.

The above mentioned puzzle become unsolvable with all above strategies and solved without XY-Wing and XYZ-Wing strategies.

Currently I have coded XY-Wing and XYZ-Wing in my Sudoku solver program and tested various puzzles.

R. Jamil

[SteveG48]

RJ, I'm not sure what your question is here. That puzzle can't be solved using just the strategies that you've listed.

[rjamil]

Hi Steve,

Many thanks for your quick response.

However, I have just added pencil mark option in my standard Sudoku solver program and look after each step. Found bug in rollback XYZ-Wing routine, corrected and now problem solved.

Steps taken to solve the puzzle including XY-Wing and XYZ-Wing (and Trial and Error, i.e., Guess!) are attached.

R. Jamil

[SteveG48]

Glad you got it, RJ.

All things are possible when you allow guesswork.