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by Andrew
Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:03 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 55
Replies: 24
Views: 22756

This ran as a “tag” solution, by Ed, Cathy and Mike, on the forum. I never tried it at the time, we were getting ready to move as I commented when I posted by walkthrough for the V1, so I’ve now decided to have a go at it years later. I’m pleased that I did; I enjoyed this puzzle, even though it was...
by Andrew
Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:59 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 24 - Tetris
Replies: 17
Views: 20707

Back in November 2006 Richard posted the SudokuSolver log from the then current version of his solver. Ed kindly provided me with the log from the current version of SS and I was impressed at the improvements which Richard has made, including making the first placement in step 1, so I'm posting this...
by Andrew
Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:46 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 24 - Tetris
Replies: 17
Views: 20707

When I first solved this puzzle I wasn't satisfied with how I had completed it so had kept it in my Unfinished folder to have another go at it. Now that I'm working fairly regularly at puzzles in that folder I've had another go at it. I'll rate my new walkthrough for A24 at Hard 1.25 because of the ...
by Andrew
Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:44 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Ruudiculous tag Killer - Uluru
Replies: 16
Views: 16469

Thanks Ed for the SSv3.3 log for Uluru. It used an interesting breakthrough step. Here is the position after step 100. .-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------. | 68 1 23457 | 23457 23457 2457 | 2347 689 89 | | 234578 5678 234578 | 3456789 1234...
by Andrew
Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:05 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Ruudiculous tag Killer - Uluru
Replies: 16
Views: 16469

I took part in the "tag" solution although I only played a minor part with one significant contribution. That was only about 3 weeks after I joined this site and I was still a Newbie to solving Assassins level killers. Since I've been working on puzzles in my Unfinished solver I decided to...
by Andrew
Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:20 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 25
Replies: 5
Views: 6603

PsyMar was so quick to post his walkthrough for A25 that I never got to post my one. I only had a quick look at Ed's A25V2 at the time but now I'm working through my backlog of unfinished puzzles I've had another go at it. Once I'd found the 45s in steps 6 and 8, particularly step 8, I found this pu...
by Andrew
Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:34 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 21
Replies: 9
Views: 9314

I've been working on some of my unfinished puzzles on Richard's site and decided to have a go at some of the ones on this site too. I only realised later that A21 V2 was one of the ones in the Unsolvables thread. I found that I hadn't even started this one; not sure why as I managed to solve it in l...
by Andrew
Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:32 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 26
Replies: 1
Views: 5281

As I commented in the A34 and A71 threads, I didn't manage to solve three of Ruud's Assassins when they first appeared. Now having caught up with my backlog of other walkthroughs I'm having another go at them. Having posted my walkthroughs for A31 and A34, here is the the last one. I thought the bre...
by Andrew
Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:56 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 34
Replies: 9
Views: 9636

As I commented in this thread and the A71 thread, I didn't manage to solve three of Ruud's Assassins when they first appeared. Now having caught up with my backlog of other walkthroughs I'm having another go at them. I originally used a contradiction move for the key breakthrough but, after I'd fini...
by Andrew
Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:46 pm
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 31
Replies: 2
Views: 5218

As I commented in the A34 and A71 threads, I didn't manage to solve three of Ruud's Assassins when they first appeared. Now having caught up with my backlog of other walkthroughs I'm having another go at them. This time I found A31 a lot easier although on checking my original partial walkthrough I ...
by Andrew
Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:40 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Notice regarding these forums
Replies: 2
Views: 5036

This message http://www.rcbroughton.co.uk/sudoku/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=355 on Richard's site suggests that Ruud's has extended the subscription for this site until December. If this is correct, many thanks Ruud! I hope we'll also see you back sometime. I'm very pleased that this site is sti...
by Andrew
Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:21 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Assassin 74
Replies: 32
Views: 31892

But after being encouraged by Andrew who will also post his wt for A74 Brick Wall, I finally decided to solve it again .... A couple of weeks ago I found time to go through Para's walkthrough and Afmob's much improved second walkthrough. Great stuff from both of you! =D> Now I've gone through my wa...
by Andrew
Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:19 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Notice regarding these forums
Replies: 2
Views: 5287

It was a very good idea for enxio to post that message on all sub-forums. Many people go, or used to go, directly to a particular sub-forum. I still go directly to the main Assassin page so that I can access Ruud's excellent combination calculator. If I click on Forum from the main Assassin page it ...
by Andrew
Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:03 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: CDK
Replies: 8
Views: 10684

This was completed some months ago. I'm posting it now for completeness. Warning! Some of the combination work is heavy going, involving hypotheticals. If anyone wants to know how to solve V3, I'd recommend Afmob's walkthrough. I first tried Ed's challenging CDK V3 soon after it first appeared in ea...
by Andrew
Fri May 09, 2008 2:39 am
Forum: Weekly Assassins
Topic: Official Unofficial Assassin 100
Replies: 7
Views: 9879

Getting back on topic, I finished uA100 last night and went through Afmob's walkthrough today. Thanks Mike for a really challenging puzzle. At one time I thought I wasn't going to manage to solve it. I mostly used conventional killer steps with interesting combination analysis in C89 which I felt wa...