I have no comment feature on the weekly Samurai, but testing this puzzle was a real pleasure, so I'd be interested to know your opinion on this Samurai.
Ruud
Samurai 44
Samurai 44
“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.” - Emerson M Pugh
Samurai #44
Hi Ruud,
The puzzle is excellent...and deceptively difficult.
At about the 15 minute point I had completely solved the LR constituent puzzle and the UR puzzle awaited but one input from the solution puzzle. At this point I thought I would be done by 20 minutes.
Well, 15 minutes later, I finally found the triple in the UL constituent puzzle.
The triple produced a quad. The quad produced a "1" and then a "3" in nonet #1 of the solution puzzle.
Back to the UL constituent puzzle.
The "3" produced a naked triple, followed by an x-wing, that revealed a second x-wing!!!
Nice solution sequence, Ruud!!!
The puzzle is excellent...and deceptively difficult.
At about the 15 minute point I had completely solved the LR constituent puzzle and the UR puzzle awaited but one input from the solution puzzle. At this point I thought I would be done by 20 minutes.
Well, 15 minutes later, I finally found the triple in the UL constituent puzzle.
The triple produced a quad. The quad produced a "1" and then a "3" in nonet #1 of the solution puzzle.
Back to the UL constituent puzzle.
The "3" produced a naked triple, followed by an x-wing, that revealed a second x-wing!!!
Nice solution sequence, Ruud!!!
Nouggie