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Samurai Sudoku Moves

Postby RyanStorm » Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:06 am

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Re: Samurai Sudoku Moves

Postby RyanStorm » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:06 am

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Re: Samurai Sudoku Moves

Postby m_b_metcalf » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:38 am

RyanStorm wrote:I solved my puzzle, but that move would if it would have worked, would have cut some time off.

From another thread, in 'Sudoku variants', note that:

There are three levels of coupling in samurai:

none: the five individual puzzles can each be solved without reference to one another;

weak: at least one puzzle can be solved only by sharing solved clues with a neighbouring puzzle;

strong: at least one puzzle can be solved only by sharing pencil marks with a neighbouring puzzle.


The puzzle in question appears to have strong coupling: one puzzle can remove candidates from another.

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