I was very tempted to put Naked Triplets in the title for this post after seeing the traffic that “Naked Pairs” generated. I can’t imagine why there would have been such a boost….I leave that as an exercise for the reader. Naked Triples (and quads) is another sudoku technique that will help you clear out…
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Sudoku difficulty in different newspapers
Another “miscellaneous” post before we move on. I wanted to give you an indication of what you should be able to do by now, just using the sudoku techniques discussed so far. I picked up this week’s Sunday Times (UK version) last night. Some of you will know that they publish a “Hard” and a…
Sudoku Techniques (Part 5) – Naked Pairs
Today’s sudoku solving technique came as a revelation to me when I first saw it described. I am aware that I may have been using it unconsciously but it is completely obvious when you see it revealed. So then, one small step to helping you play sudoku more easily. This is called Naked Pairs. In…
How am I doing?
A break from the normal frenzied “sudoku solver” programming today. 🙂 Before I move on to intermediate sudoku techniques, I wondered if you have found the posts useful so far. I realise that for many of you, these will have been fairly basic – maybe with a few insights. I would love to hear your…
Sudoku Techniques (Part 4) Box – Box interactions
The last technique we looked at can be extended slightly as candidates are exposed more clearly across the grid. In fact there are going to be times when we can’t directly find a new given in a box but we can limit the possibilities for our candidates so that they form a new “line” of…