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Tough or easy

Postby Chessmaster » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:37 pm

Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 . . | 9 . 8 | . 2 . |
| . 5 . | . . . | . . 8 |
| . . 8 | . 4 . | 5 9 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 . . | . . 3 | 8 . . |
| 6 . . | . 8 . | .  . 2|
| . . 8 | 6 . . |  . . 3|
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 1 4 | . 6 . | . 7 . |
| 7 . . | . . . | . 1 . |
| . 2 . | 1 . 9 | . . 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+


ok i found this is my local paper. they said it was tough which is one of the hardest rankings. i found this puzzle to be easy
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Re: Tough or easy

Postby Crazy Girl » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:11 am

Chessmaster wrote:
Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 . . | 9 . 8 | . 2 . |
| . 5 . | . . . | . . 8 |
| . . 8 | . 4 . | 5 9 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 . . | . . 3 | 8 . . |
| 6 . . | . 8 . | .  . 2|
| . . 8 | 6 . . |  . . 3|
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 1 4 | . 6 . | . 7 . |
| 7 . . | . . . | . 1 . |
| . 2 . | 1 . 9 | . . 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+


ok i found this is my local paper. they said it was tough which is one of the hardest rankings. i found this puzzle to be easy


Check the puzzle again as you have got two 8's in Column 3:!:
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Re: Tough or easy

Postby Chessmaster » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:30 pm

Code: Select all
+-------+-------+-------+
| 3 . . | 9 . 8 | . 2 . |
| . 5 . | . . . | . . 8 |
| . 8 . | . 4 . | 5 9 . |
+-------+-------+-------+
| 4 . . | . . 3 | 8 . . |
| 6 . . | . 8 . | .  . 2|
| . . 8 | 6 . . |  . . 3|
+-------+-------+-------+
| . 1 4 | . 6 . | . 7 . |
| 7 . . | . . . | . 1 . |
| . 2 . | 1 . 9 | . . 4 |
+-------+-------+-------+


this is how it should read
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Postby eclark » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:54 am

Its all singles so its an easy-medium
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Postby Chessmaster » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:11 pm

thank you i thought so. i do not see why it was rated as a tough puzzle
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