The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[christina]

5 . . l 4 . 6 l 7 . . l
. . . l 5 . . l 9 . . l
2 . . l . 1 7 l . 4 . l
----------------------
. . . l 7 2 . l . 1 . l
9 . . l . . . l . . 8 l
. 7 . l . 6 8 l . . . l
-----------------------
. 3 . l 2 7 . l . . 5 l
. . 4 l . . 3 l . . . l
. . 2 l 6 . 4 l . . 3 l

Is that readable? I have never posted on here and am not sure if that how to write them. anyways, I am totoally stuck on this one. Please please help me. it driving me crazy that I cant figure it out. Thanks!

[Mike Barker]

If you use the "code" open and close tags then the puzzle will look like:

Code: Select all

5 . . | 4 . 6 | 7 . . |
. . . | 5 . . | 9 . . |
2 . . | . 1 7 | . 4 . |
----------------------
. . . | 7 2 . | . 1 . |
9 . . | . . . | . . 8 |
. 7 . | . 6 8 | . . . |
-----------------------
. 3 . | 2 7 . | . . 5 |
. . 4 | . . 3 | . . . |
. . 2 | 6 . 4 | . . 3 |

which is more readable. Mostly the solution involves naked and hidden singles, but there is also a naked pair and a locked candidate that show up. To find out more about these try

http://www.angusj.com/sudoku/hints.php
http://www.sadmansoftware.com/sudoku/techniques.htm
http://www.scanraid.com/BasicStrategies.htm

(I used the "list" tags for the above). As far as a next move, there are 2's in columns 4 and 5 and clues (numbers provided in the puzzle) in box 2 (the top middle set of 9 numbers) rows 1 and 3. This means 2 can only go in row 2, column 6. Other naked singles are found similarly.

[Cec]

Hi christina and welcome to the Forum,

Mike has helped you out above with much the same as I was about to post. You might also like to click on HERE to read up on the Forum's procedure for posting puzzles and the Terminology used.

It seems you have just started to learn about Sudoku in which case you should also find this link helpful (just click on it):
http://www.paulspages.co.uk/sudoku/howtosolve/index.htm

Cec

[underquark]

Once you have used the techniques mentioned above you might well get to this stage:

which lnks nicely with this current postingabout unique rectangles:

[Cec]

"Once you have used the techniques mentioned above you might well get to this stage..."

I found your above reference to the "unique rectangle" thread certainly interesting but hopefully christina will consider the simpler "basic" steps as mentioned by Mike above which will enable this puzzle to be solved.
Cec .

[Pat]

I am totally stuck on this one.
Please help me.
It is driving me crazy that I can't figure it out.

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 5 . . | 4 . 6 | 7 . .
 . . . | 5 . . | 9 . .
 2 . . | . 1 7 | . 4 .
-------+-------+------
 . . . | 7 2 . | . 1 .
 9 . . | . . . | . . 8
 . 7 . | . 6 8 | . . .
-------+-------+------
 . 3 . | 2 7 . | . . 5
 . . 4 | . . 3 | . . .
 . . 2 | 6 . 4 | . . 3

hey christina, you didn't tell us how far you got before getting stuck!

---hopefully christina will consider the simpler "basic" steps as mentioned by Mike Barker above
which will enable this puzzle to be solved.

yes!
this puzzle only needs box-line interaction

[christina]

thanks for all your help. I guess I need to read up on my Sudoku lingo, because I had no idea what half of the stuff meant. lol. I have never had to ask for help before, so I didnt know how technical it got!
Anyways, I had gotten about 17 of the numbers before I got stuck. I put it down for a couple of hours, then erased all my numbers and started again, and finished it last night.
Thanks for the help though