It succumbs pretty quickly to Medusa coloring. R8C6 must be <4>. (Actually, the exclusion is if R8C6 is <3>, it must be <9>, and vice-versa.)
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| 6 8 5 | 4 9 7 | 2 3 1 |
| 47 3 47 | 15 12 25 | 6 9 8 |
| 2 9 1 | 68 38 36 | 5 4 7 |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 9 6 2 | 57 47 45 | 1 8 3 |
| 5 7 8 | 3 6 1 | 9 2 4 |
| 1 4 3 | 89 28 29 | 7 6 5 |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 8 2 47 | 167 147 46 | 3 5 9 |
| 47 5 6 | 79 347 349 | 8 1 2 |
| 3 1 9 | 2 5 8 | 4 7 6 |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
Start in R6C4 <89>. Color <9> to R8C6.
Color <8> to R3C5, then <3> to R8C6.
I really don't want to debate whether Medusa coloring is guessing or not, but it is easy to do with pencil & paper. And, it does not make chains - it establishes a net of possibile (or not) candidates.
Keith