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[champagne]

Permit me a modest contribution while you guys reach for the sky

The sky is over crowded.
This pattern produces so many puzzles at the border of the potential hardest area that I can not rate them using serate anymore.
Happily, Robbie posted 10.7 10.8 with high ed. I'll concentrate with a tiny chance of success on such puzzles to see if a diamong 10.7 shows up.

[1to9only]

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1 . . . 2 . . . 3
. 3 . 4 . . 2 . .
. . 5 . . 6 . 7 .
. 6 . . 4 . . . 7
8 . . 2 . . 3 . .
. . 4 . . 5 . . .
. 7 . . 5 . 4 . .
. . 2 . . . . 3 .
9 . . 8 . . . . 1 ED=8.1/1.2/1.2


The sky is over crowded. This pattern produces so many puzzles ...

I have 4572 distinct rated puzzles (all different er/ep/ed values)! This is the only 8.1 I've got!!

[Robbie]

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1 . . . 2 . . . 3
. 2 . 4 . . 5 . .
. . 6 . . 3 . 7 .
. 3 . . 7 . . . 6
4 . . 8 . . 7 . .
. . 7 . . 9 . . .
. 5 . . 1 . 3 . .
. . 1 . . . . 5 .
8 . . 6 . . . . 1  ED=8.1/6.6/6.6

[g.r.emlin]

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2018-09-14+08:25:00-0000 8.1/6.6/6.6 Robbie rare ED seen once before


[Robbie]

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Hello 1to9only,
I've got only 4 ER=8.1

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1...2...3.2.3..4....5..6.1..5..7...83..4..9....6..3....1..3.7....2....8.5..1....2  ER=8.1/1.2/1/2
1...2...3.2.4..5....6..7.2..4..1...86..7..3....7..5....7..6.4....5....3.2..8....6  ER=8.1/1.2/1/2
1...2...3.2.1..4....5..3.1..5..6...24..2..7....3..8....1..7.6....4....8.6..5....4  ER=8.1/1.2/1/2
1...2...3.2.4..5....6..3.7..3..7...64..8..7....7..9....5..1.3....1....5.8..6....1  ER=8.1/6.6/6.6

[champagne]

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1...2...3
.2.4..1..
..4..5.6.
.3..5...7
2..3..8..
..8..4...
.5..7.6..
..6....2.
8..5....1 ED=8.1/7.8/7.8

my current best 8.1 in cache

[Pat]

8.1/7.8/7.8

hides as SKFR "8.0"

i'm totally out --
have avoided any exploration for the present game

[champagne]

8.1/7.8/7.8

hides as SKFR "8.0"

Yes, to find the best 8.0 8.1, I study all relevant skfr 7.9 8.0 8.1 (filter on ED reached)

]i'm totally out --
have avoided any exploration for the present game

In such a hard pattern, one possibility would have been to forget all ratings over the "Nishio" level (ceiling 8.1)
This is not too hard with skfr

Anyway, after say 8 hours, all entries over 8.1 were locked

[Robbie]

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1 . . . 2 . . . 3
. 3 . 4 . . 5 . .
. . 6 . . 7 . 2 .
. 2 . . 5 . . . 8
9 . . 7 . . 6 . .
. . 5 . . 3 . . .
. 7 . . 4 . 8 . .
. . 9 . . . . 4 .
3 . . 8 . . . . 9  ED=5.8/3.8/3.8

[m_b_metcalf]

::: resign :::
I'm travelling for a few days and my cache contains only dross.

[papy999]

Anyway, after say 8 hours, all entries over 8.1 were locked

A little more : 14 hours to cover these entries (except 10.7 and 10.8) : this game was very fast, much more fast than I thought

I know this was a very rich pattern : I generated 2 days before posting it to g.r.emlin with a max ER 10.8, but I was hoping that champagne or Dobritchev can find higher ones and even 11.x

But the game is not over !!! perhaps you will find them

[champagne]

I know this was a very rich pattern : I generated 2 days before posting it to g.r.emlin with a max ER 10.8, but I was hoping that champagne or Dobritchev can find higher ones and even 11.x

But the game is not over !!! perhaps you will find them

I have in cache now 19 10.6 diamonds, and I just got the posted 10.8
New batches remain very rich in high ratings, giving no room for the final process of lower ratings, but the chance to find a 10.7 diamond and a 10.8 diamond remain very weak. And for a 11.x

[champagne]

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1...2...3
.2.4..5..
..6..7.2.
.5..7...4
6..8..3..
..1..9...
.1..3.8..
..9....3.
4..7....5 ED=10.7/10.7/10.6

too small hope for the diamond

[Robbie]

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1 . . . 2 . . . 3
. 3 . 4 . . 5 . .
. . 6 . . 5 . 7 .
. 8 . . 1 . . . 9
4 . . 8 . . 6 . .
. . 3 . . 7 . . .
. 2 . . 5 . 4 . .
. . 1 . . . . 9 .
7 . . 9 . . . . 8  ED=4.5/4.5/3.6

[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0324 status LIGHTNING 2018-09-15+08:29:57-0000 :::

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game 0324 2018-09-12+01:00:00-0000 LIGHTNING duration 3d07h dealer papy999 pages 2557-2564 (open) 5 players 1 resigned
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    1.2/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf    4.5/4.5/3.6 Robbie         7.7/7.7/7.2 Robbie         9.3/9.3/9.3 m_b_metcalf
    1.5/1.5/1.5 m_b_metcalf    4.6/4.6/3.4 Robbie         7.8/7.8/7.8 Robbie         9.4/9.4/9.4 Robbie
    1.7/1.5/1.5 m_b_metcalf    4.7/4.7/3.4 Robbie         7.9/7.9/7.8 Robbie         9.5/9.5/9.5 m_b_metcalf
    2.0/2.0/2.0 m_b_metcalf    5.8/3.8/3.8 Robbie         8.0/8.0/7.2 Robbie         9.6/9.6/9.6 Robbie
    2.3/2.0/2.0 m_b_metcalf    6.2/6.2/6.2 Robbie         8.1/7.8/7.8 champagne      9.7/9.7/9.7 m_b_metcalf
    2.5/2.5/2.5 Robbie         6.6/6.6/6.6 Robbie         8.2/8.2/8.2 1to9only       9.8/9.8/9.8 Robbie
    2.6/2.5/2.5 m_b_metcalf    6.7/6.7/6.7 m_b_metcalf    8.3/8.3/8.3 Robbie         9.9/9.9/9.9 Robbie
    2.8/2.8/2.8 Robbie         6.8/6.8/3.4 m_b_metcalf    8.4/8.4/8.4 m_b_metcalf 10.0/10.0/10.0 Robbie
    3.0/3.0/3.0 m_b_metcalf    6.9/6.7/6.7 Robbie         8.5/8.5/8.5 m_b_metcalf 10.1/10.1/10.1 champagne
    3.2/3.2/3.2 1to9only       7.0/7.0/7.0 1to9only       8.6/8.6/8.6 Robbie      10.2/10.2/10.2 champagne
    3.4/3.4/3.4 Robbie         7.1/7.1/7.1 Robbie         8.7/8.7/8.7 champagne   10.3/10.3/10.3 champagne
    3.6/3.6/3.6 Robbie         7.2/7.2/7.2 Robbie         8.8/8.8/8.8 Robbie      10.4/10.4/10.4 1to9only
    3.8/3.8/3.8 m_b_metcalf    7.3/7.3/7.3 1to9only       8.9/8.9/8.9 m_b_metcalf 10.5/10.5/10.5 Robbie
    4.0/4.0/4.0 Robbie         7.4/7.4/7.4 Robbie         9.0/9.0/9.0 Robbie      10.6/10.6/10.6 champagne
    4.2/4.2/4.2 Robbie         7.5/7.5/7.5 Robbie         9.1/9.1/9.1 m_b_metcalf 10.7/10.7/10.6 champagne
    4.4/4.4/4.4 Robbie         7.6/7.6/7.6 Robbie         9.2/9.2/9.2 Robbie      10.8/10.8/10.6 Robbie
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    open ratings : 4.8-5.2 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.9-6.1 6.5 10.9-11.8

       submitter  entries  score  response  notes
     -----------  -------  -----  --------  -----
         papy999        0      0         0  dealer
        1to9only        5    504     2h37m  diamond*5
       champagne        7   1076     3h48m  diamond*5,pearl
     m_b_metcalf       17   1151    54m11s  diamond*10,pearl,dup-rating-tie*2,se-mismatch*3,resigned
          Robbie       35   4555    27m52s  rare-1,diamond*26,pearl*7,highest-rating=437,last-entry=326
     -----------  -------  -----            -----
               5       64   7286            rare-1,diamond*46,pearl*9,resigned