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[ssxsssxs]

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. . . . 9 . . . 7  ED=10.7/10.7/10.5

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. . . . 3 . . . 4 ED=8.3/8.3/8.3


[ssxsssxs]

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. . . . 5 . . . 4  ED=10.4/10.4/10.0

[champagne]

I find more than 100 puzzles with the same pattern in the data base of potential hardest

[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0347 status 2019-04-25+16:19:20-0000 :::

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game 0347 2019-04-24+03:00:00-0000 duration 1d13h dealer ssxsssxs pages 2719-2721 (open) 3 players
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    1.2/1.2/1.2 m_b_metcalf    9.1/9.1/9.1 1to9only       9.9/9.9/9.9 1to9only    11.1/11.1/10.6 ssxsssxs
    1.5/1.2/1.2 ssxsssxs       9.2/9.2/9.2 m_b_metcalf 10.4/10.4/10.0 ssxsssxs    11.2/11.2/10.6 ssxsssxs
    8.3/8.3/8.3 1to9only       9.3/9.3/9.3 m_b_metcalf 10.5/10.5/10.5 ssxsssxs    11.3/11.3/10.4 ssxsssxs
    8.4/8.4/8.4 1to9only       9.4/9.4/9.4 m_b_metcalf 10.6/10.6/10.6 1to9only    11.4/11.4/9.9 ssxsssxs
    8.5/8.5/8.5 1to9only       9.5/9.5/9.5 ssxsssxs    10.7/10.7/10.5 ssxsssxs    11.5/11.5/9.5 ssxsssxs
    8.8/8.8/8.8 1to9only       9.6/9.6/9.6 ssxsssxs    10.8/10.8/10.6 ssxsssxs
    8.9/8.9/8.9 m_b_metcalf    9.7/9.7/9.7 m_b_metcalf 10.9/10.9/10.0 ssxsssxs
    9.0/9.0/9.0 1to9only       9.8/9.8/9.8 m_b_metcalf   11.0/1.2/1.2 ssxsssxs
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    rare ratings : 11.5

    open ratings : 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4-5.4 5.6-6.2 6.5-8.2 8.6 8.7 10.0-10.3 11.6-11.8

       submitter  entries  score  response  notes
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     m_b_metcalf        7    731     2h16m  rare-1,diamond*6
        1to9only        8    972     1h14m  diamond*8
        ssxsssxs       14   2220    21m22s  rare-0*2,rare-1,rare-2,diamond*3,pearl*9,highest-rating=28,last-entry=185,dealer
     -----------  -------  -----            -----
               3       29   3923            rare-0*2,rare-1*2,rare-2,diamond*17,pearl*9


[m_b_metcalf]

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 . . . . 4 . . . 5   ED=10.0/10.0/9.9

I find more than 100 puzzles with the same pattern in the data base of potential hardest

So a smart player could just extract them and play? Wow!

[champagne]

I find more than 100 puzzles with the same pattern in the data base of potential hardest

So a smart player could just extract them and play? Wow!

But it would be another game, this is why I don't want to know what is there (3 seconds to produce them) when I work on a pattern

[m_b_metcalf]

I find more than 100 puzzles with the same pattern in the data base of potential hardest

So a smart player could just extract them and play? Wow!

But it would be another game, this is why I don't want to know what is there (3 seconds to produce them) when I work on a pattern

Quite, and unsporting too:

It is definitely bad form for a dealer to cache entries before a puzzle is dealt. However, doing a trial run to check on the quality of a deal is fine, as long as the trial data is not used for game play.

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. . . . 3 . . . 5 ED=7.2/7.2/7.2


[m_b_metcalf]

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. . . . 9 . . . 8 ED=3.4/3.4/3.4


[m_b_metcalf]

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 . . . . 5 . . . 3   ED=2.3/2.3/2.3

[ssxsssxs]

::: resign :::
I get it.

[1to9only]

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. . . . 8 . . . 7 ED=2.5/2.5/2.5


[m_b_metcalf]

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 . . . . 5 . . . 3   ED=1.5/1.5/1.5