The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[pikachubaby]

hey im new to this and got stuck with a real tricky on.
4 3 _ _ _ _ 5 9 _
_ 1 _ _ _ 3 _ _ 2
_ _ _ 6_ _ 3 _ _
8 _5 1 _4 _ _ 9
_ _ _ _ 7 _ _ _ _
2_ _ 5_ 9 1 _ 8
_ _ 6 _ _ 1 _ _ _
1 _ _ 9_ _ _ 2_
_ 8 7 _ _ _ _ 6 1

im guessing this is a hard one to learn on but cam in my weekly mag i do hope someone got the answer or help with a copuple of lines to get me started. id appreciatr any help thanks

[Viggo]

This puzzle is invalid. I think you have got to many characters in line 6 of the puzzle.

/Viggo

[Hud]

If one of the dashes is removed in row 6 box 5, it's a valid hard puzzle and can be solved using logic only.

[Sped]

Code: Select all

 
 *-----------*
 |43.|...|59.|
 |.1.|..3|..2|
 |...|6..|3..|
 |---+---+---|
 |8.5|1.4|..9|
 |...|.7.|...|
 |2..|5.9|1.8|
 |---+---+---|
 |..6|..1|...|
 |1..|9..|.2.|
 |.87|...|.61|
 *-----------*


It's all singles. Start by looking where a 1 can go in box 3 and box 4. Then place a 2 in box 7, and a 6 in box 1 and row 1.

[pikachubaby]

thanks removed the extra dash in line 6 these really are hard lol

[tarek]

All singles, Solves in 9 steps.

tarek