Where do I start (although I'm not a newbie)?
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Where do I start (although I'm not a newbie)?
by shuriken90 » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:47 pm
I've been solving Sudokus for a long time now and am interested in learning new, more advanced methods for solving them; however, I am new to this forum and don't know where to begin. Could anyone please point me in the right direction for somewhere to start learning advanced techniques?
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by shuriken90 » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:43 am
OK. I don't know if I'm gonna get any names right but this is what I know.
A. Basic cross-elimination (what can't go there based on the row, column, and 3x3 box the square is in)
B. Naked/Hidden Pairs
C. Naked/Hidden Triples
D. Choosing a position for a number because its the only place in that row, column, or 3x3 box where it can go
E. Choosing a position for a number based on the positions of the other two same numbers in that set of three rows or columns (top/left, middle, bottom/right)
F. X-Wing
G. Any combination of the above strategies (i.e. using E and F together (is that even possible?))
That's about as much as I know. The basics and a little advanced stuff but barely any.
A. Basic cross-elimination (what can't go there based on the row, column, and 3x3 box the square is in)
B. Naked/Hidden Pairs
C. Naked/Hidden Triples
D. Choosing a position for a number because its the only place in that row, column, or 3x3 box where it can go
E. Choosing a position for a number based on the positions of the other two same numbers in that set of three rows or columns (top/left, middle, bottom/right)
F. X-Wing
G. Any combination of the above strategies (i.e. using E and F together (is that even possible?))
That's about as much as I know. The basics and a little advanced stuff but barely any.
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by shuriken90 » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:15 am
One more thing...could someone at least tell me the accepted names for the techniques I know (see above)? If I need to refer to them later I'd like to be able to say something others will understand. Thanks...
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by tso » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:18 am
Simple Sudoku's Solving Sudoku will take you though the intermediate tactics.
Sadman's Sudoku Techiques page goes even further.
The free Sudoku Susser comes with a PDF file that explains even more tactics -- and does so very clearly.
As for all the information in this forum, there's no royal road.
Sadman's Sudoku Techiques page goes even further.
The free Sudoku Susser comes with a PDF file that explains even more tactics -- and does so very clearly.
As for all the information in this forum, there's no royal road.
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by Myth Jellies » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:14 am
A couple more threads you might consider adding to Tso's list.
Since you are already looking for, and perhaps understand, x-wings; you might want to extend that a little bit and and be the first in your group to discover filet-o-fish and sashimi x-wings
I have always thought that bennys Almost Linked Sets (ALS) work, particularly the ALS xz-rule, quite clever and useful.
Since you are already looking for, and perhaps understand, x-wings; you might want to extend that a little bit and and be the first in your group to discover filet-o-fish and sashimi x-wings
I have always thought that bennys Almost Linked Sets (ALS) work, particularly the ALS xz-rule, quite clever and useful.
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