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SAMURAI #71
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:09 am
by Nouggie
This Samurai should be rated "2 Easy." The center (solution) sudoku solves using only hidden and naked singles. I did not solve for a single digit in any of the four constituent puzzles.
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:46 am
by DianaB
Way too easy...now what???
A long week ahead till next Samurai
Samurai #71
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:10 am
by TKollen
The puzzle was solved in a few minutes by line box reductions and naked singels only in the center puzzle. Obviously a computer generated puzzle. Had Ruud been around this puzzle would never have been posted.
Tomas
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:39 am
by JLynn
There was a time this puzzle would've been graded Very Hard due to the X-wing required in the bottom right grid.
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:57 am
by Oscar
I agree, It's the botom right grid that was really fun to solve.
If you are only interested in the central one, without further work, it was really a practice session on how to use SudokuSolver
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:00 pm
by Jean-Christophe
DianaB wrote:Way too easy...now what???
A long week ahead till next Samurai
Here's one for you to wait...
Should be "a little bit" harder than Ruud's "Very hard". One move will unlock it. Not an X-Wing, but
some other wing.
Enjoy
Code: Select all
3.41..9.6....3....8..6.21..7.1.....5.3..1.2....5..9.175.7.9.........3...6..2.1...
1.2..43.9....2......45.1..85.....8.2..3.8..1.81.6..9......1.6.3...2........3.6..5
.....................6.3.....9.8.1.....5.4.....6.1.5.....3.9.....................
5..3.9........6...1.3.5......6..5.81.1..2.5..2.8.....34..5.76......9....9.26..4.7
...9.3..2...8.........6.5.472.4..3....9.3..1.5.....4.9..43.9..7....8....6.8..12.5
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:12 pm
by Børge
I assume that everyone here knows
www.samurai-sudoku.com. I usually solve the ones rated Fiendish, posted every Friday.
Using one of the first two worksheets in
this Excel Workbook, you can pretty easily rip the Sudoku code from the web site and onto the clipboard, and then paste it into Clueless Helper or your favourite solver/helper program.
Firebug is an add-on to Mozilla Firefox. If you are not familiar with installing add-ons to Mozilla Firefox, use the second worksheet. Albeit the meager user guide here says "Start Microsoft Internet Explorer", you can of course use another Internet browser instead.
If you want a Sudoku code ripper for an Internet site not supported in the Excel Workbook, send me a PM and I'll look into it.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:11 pm
by DianaB
Jean-Christopher...Thanks for the puzzle! And, Borge, thanks for the info re: fiendish samurai on Fridays
Since I had a bit of extra time this week, I finally worked up the courage to try an Assassin. Number 40 was certainly a good starting point for a beginner (as suggested by Andrew Stuart).
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:59 pm
by Pete
I looked at several assassins guess ill try #40
if it takes less time than samurai + clueless + explosion... maybe ill be able to do them every 2 weeks or so