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[JPF]

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 . . . | . 3 . | . 2 .
 . . . | 8 . . | . . 6
 . . 3 | . . 9 | 8 . .
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 . 8 . | 5 . . | . . 9
 3 . . | . . 1 | 7 . .
 . . 9 | . 7 . | . 6 .
-------+-------+-------
 . . 5 | . 6 . | 4 . .
 2 . . | . . 7 | . . 5
 . 3 . | 4 . . | . 1 .    ED=5.8/4.2/4.2


JPF

[g.r.emlin]

::: game 0442 status LIGHTNING 2021-11-23+11:17:49-0000 :::

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game 0442 2021-11-21+21:00:00-0000 LIGHTNING duration 1d14h dealer Pat pages 3318-3324 (open) 4 players
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    1.2/1.2/1.2 Hajime         4.5/4.5/3.4 m_b_metcalf    7.7/7.7/7.6 m_b_metcalf    9.3/9.3/9.3 m_b_metcalf
    1.5/1.5/1.5 m_b_metcalf    4.7/4.7/3.4 m_b_metcalf    7.8/7.8/7.8 JPF            9.4/9.4/9.4 m_b_metcalf
    1.7/1.5/1.5 JPF            5.6/4.4/4.4 m_b_metcalf    7.9/7.9/7.8 JPF            9.5/9.5/9.5 JPF
    2.0/2.0/2.0 m_b_metcalf    5.8/4.2/4.2 JPF            8.0/8.0/6.7 JPF            9.6/9.6/9.6 JPF
    2.3/2.0/2.0 m_b_metcalf    6.2/6.2/6.2 m_b_metcalf    8.1/7.3/7.3 JPF            9.7/9.7/9.7 JPF
    2.5/2.5/2.5 m_b_metcalf    6.6/6.6/6.6 Hajime         8.2/8.2/8.2 Hajime         9.8/9.8/9.8 JPF
    2.6/2.5/2.5 m_b_metcalf    6.7/6.7/6.7 Hajime         8.3/8.3/8.3 Hajime         9.9/9.9/9.9 JPF
    2.8/2.8/2.8 Hajime         6.8/6.8/3.4 JPF            8.4/8.4/8.4 m_b_metcalf 10.0/10.0/10.0 JPF
    3.0/3.0/3.0 m_b_metcalf    6.9/6.8/3.4 m_b_metcalf    8.5/8.5/8.5 JPF         10.1/10.1/10.1 JPF
    3.2/3.2/3.2 JPF            7.0/7.0/7.0 m_b_metcalf    8.6/8.6/8.6 JPF         10.2/10.2/10.0 JPF
    3.4/3.4/3.4 Hajime         7.1/7.1/7.1 m_b_metcalf    8.7/8.7/8.7 JPF         10.3/10.3/10.3 m_b_metcalf
    3.6/3.6/3.6 m_b_metcalf    7.2/7.2/7.2 Hajime         8.8/8.8/8.8 JPF         10.4/10.4/10.4 JPF
    3.8/3.8/3.8 Hajime         7.3/7.3/7.3 m_b_metcalf    8.9/8.9/8.9 m_b_metcalf 10.5/10.5/10.5 JPF
    4.0/4.0/4.0 JPF            7.4/7.4/7.4 JPF            9.0/9.0/9.0 m_b_metcalf 10.6/10.6/10.6 JPF
    4.2/4.2/4.2 JPF            7.5/7.5/7.5 JPF            9.1/9.1/9.1 m_b_metcalf 10.7/10.7/10.5 JPF
    4.4/4.4/4.4 m_b_metcalf    7.6/7.6/7.6 JPF            9.2/9.2/9.2 m_b_metcalf  10.8/10.8/7.6 JPF
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    open ratings : 4.6 4.8-5.4 5.7 5.9-6.1 6.5 10.9-11.8

       submitter  entries  score  response  notes
     -----------  -------  -----  --------  -----
             Pat        0      0         0  dealer
          Hajime        9    586     1h18m  rare-2,diamond*8,lower-pearl
     m_b_metcalf       25   2176    21m54s  diamond*16,pearl*3,bad-submission,dup-rating
             JPF       30   4794    15m37s  rare-0,rare-1,rare-2,diamond*21,pearl*6,highest-rating=402,last-entry=340
     -----------  -------  -----            -----
               4       64   7556            rare-0,rare-1,rare-2*2,diamond*45,pearl*9


[g.r.emlin]

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2021-11-23+11:13:00-0000 5.8/4.2/4.2 JPF rare ED seen 2 times before


[JPF]

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JPF, will you reveal your secret of finding all those 10+ ratings?

10+s are not too difficult to find. Just a question of patience and perseverance.
I'll give you a secret: this pattern has at least one 11.

JPF

[Hajime]

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JPF, will you reveal your secret of finding all those 10+ ratings?

10+s are not too difficult to find. Just a question of patience and perseverance.
I'll give you a secret: this pattern has at least one 11.
JPF

Up till now I have generated 10M puzzle possibilities with 60K valid (minimal, unique).
Of course I skip possibilities that are minlex equal of all previous attempts.
Further the search is using vicinity search -n/+n with n=1,2,3,4 .
And with a result of only 13 different 10+ ratings and no pearl/diamond.
So "not too difficult to find" is an understatement !
PS. This time , 442, I did not use solutions of you or m_b_metcalf.
If you want me to become a worthy opponent, teach me.

[JPF]

My best advice is to read and re-read this thread Patterns Game Strategies
You will find ideas from most of the best contributors of this Forum:
gsf,tarek, m_b_metcalf (Mike), Kiwy, champagne, ronk, 999_Springs, surbier, papy999, eleven, coloin, dobrichev, Mauricio, Pat, blue, GouinJP, ssxsssxs, joel64, JasonLion, enxio27, 200e200w, 1to9only, Robbie.

JPF

[Hajime]

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 . . . . 3 . . 1 .
 . . . 4 . . . . 9
 . . 1 . . 2 8 . .
 . 3 . 8 . . . . 6
 5 . . . . 9 7 . .
 . . 6 . 2 . . 5 .
 . . 3 . 4 . 1 . .
 9 . . . . 6 . . 4
 . 4 . 7 . . . 8 .  ED=6.5/3.6/3.4

OK JPF, thanks. I did read all the Strategies. And I will do this again.

[m_b_metcalf]

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 . . . . 1 . . 2 .
 . . . 3 . . . . 4
 . . 2 . . 5 6 . .
 . 1 . 5 . . . . 6
 7 . . . . 6 8 . .
 . . 5 . 9 . . 7 .
 . . 9 . 5 . 2 . .
 4 . . . . 3 . . 7
 . 3 . 8 . . . 4 .   ED=4.6/3.8/3.4

Since no-one has pointed this out so far, this pattern is a subset of that of Game 410, where inspiration (i.e. seeds) may be sought.

M

[JPF]

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 . . . | . 4 . | . 5 .
 . . . | 1 . . | . . 9
 . . 7 | . . 6 | 4 . .
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 . 5 . | 4 . . | . . 2
 8 . . | . . 2 | 6 . .
 . . 2 | . 6 . | . 4 .
-------+-------+-------
 . . 8 | . 7 . | 3 . .
 2 . . | . . 3 | . . 4
 . 1 . | 6 . . | . 9 .    ED=11.0/11.0/9.4


JPF

[g.r.emlin]

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2021-11-24+09:11:00-0000 11.0/11.0/9.4 JPF rare ED not seen before


[Hajime]

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 2 . 9 8 . . . . .
 . 8 6 . 9 . . 4 .
 5 4 . . . 6 . . .
 6 . . . . . . . 7
 . 9 . . . . . 3 .
 . . 1 . . . 6 . .
 . . . . . 8 . 2 5
 . 2 . . 3 . 1 8 .
 . . . 1 . . 9 . 3  ED=8.1/8.1/7.1

Found a holy grail

[g.r.emlin]

::: adjustment 2021-11-24+14:50:00-0000 Hajime bad-pattern -50 :::

[JPF]

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 . . . | . 7 . | . 2 .
 . . . | 2 . . | . . 8
 . . 3 | . . 5 | 7 . .
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 . 8 . | 4 . . | . . 6
 1 . . | . . 8 | 9 . .
 . . 4 | . 6 . | . 8 .
-------+-------+-------
 . . 2 | . 4 . | 5 . .
 9 . . | . . 3 | . . 7
 . 5 . | 6 . . | . 1 .    ED=5.7/4.7/3.4


JPF

[Hajime]

Found the holy grail in another pattern

[m_b_metcalf]

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 . . . 2 . . . . 3
 . . 1 . . 4 5 . .
 . 6 . 7 . . . . 5
 4 . . . . 3 8 . .
 . . 7 . 9 . . 3 .
 . . 2 . 7 . 4 . .
 8 . . . . 1 . . 6
 . 4 . 5 . . . 9 .   ED=8.0/8.0/7.1