The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[goldie5218]

hi guys, am scared to post this one coz im sure you guys will laugh - but im stuck and im sure what ive done so far is correct(?) here it is can anyone help me move forward ?

[9] [38] [168] [123] [7] [2368] [58] [4] [53]

[346] [7] [5] [349] [4689] [34689] [2] [1] [39]

[43] [2] [148] [1349] [489] [5] [89] [6] [7]


[8] [5] [7] [6] [42] [42] [3] [9] [1]

[1] [4] [3] [59] [589] [89] [7] [2] [6]

[26] [9] [26] [3] [1] [7] [4] [5] [8]


[7] [6] [42] [8] [425] [1] [59] [3] [459]

[2345] [38] [9] [2457] [2456] [246] [1] [78] [45]

[45] [1] [48] [4579] [3] [49] [6] [78] [2]

[Karyobin]

Well I could do with seeing the original puzzle, but from glancing at what you've got here it would seem there's a triple in the first row, namely cells 2, 7 and 9. These cells seem to be only able to contain the values 3, 5 and 8 which would mean that you can erase these particular possible values from every other cell in row 1. This helps a little in refining row 1's candidate structure, but without having a good look by dubbing it into a suitable program (by hand? Sorry I can't be bothered) I can't see any more from the information you've posted.

[Five minutes later]

Just noticed - when you do what I said above you get a triple in row 6, namely cells 1, 4 and 8. That'll tell you what cell 9 is and I'm willing to bet that'll be the final tipping point.

[One minute later]

*Sulking* My way works too.

[simes]

There's a mistake in your pencil marks -- look at the 3s in column 4... after correcting that it's easy.

S

[goldie5218]

thanks to all you helpful guys - sorry for the incorrect pencil marks - will double check/triple check next time i do a posting - but thanks for the assistance anyway - much appreciated cheers goldie