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This Sudoku Puzzle has 69 steps and it is solved using Naked Single, Full House, Hidden Single, undefined, Finned Swordfish, Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing), AIC techniques.

Naked Single Explanation
Hidden Single Explanation
Locked Candidates Explanation
Full House Explanation
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Solution Steps:

  1. Row 4 / Column 8 → 8 (Naked Single)
  2. Row 6 / Column 8 → 4 (Naked Single)
  3. Row 4 / Column 4 → 9 (Naked Single)
  4. Row 5 / Column 9 → 3 (Naked Single)
  5. Row 5 / Column 7 → 9 (Full House)
  6. Row 4 / Column 1 → 3 (Hidden Single)
  7. Row 6 / Column 4 → 5 (Hidden Single)
  8. Row 3 / Column 7 → 1 (Hidden Single)
  9. Row 5 / Column 5 → 4 (Hidden Single)
  10. Row 3 / Column 3 → 3 (Hidden Single)
  11. Row 3 / Column 4 → 8 (Naked Single)
  12. Row 9 / Column 7 → 3 (Hidden Single)
  13. Row 4 / Column 2 → 2 (Hidden Single)
  14. Row 5 / Column 6 → 8 (Hidden Single)
  15. Row 9 / Column 8 → 5 (Hidden Single)
  16. Row 6 / Column 6 → 7 (Hidden Single)
  17. Row 4 / Column 6 → 1 (Hidden Single)
  18. Row 4 / Column 5 → 6 (Full House)
  19. 2-String Kite: 7 in r1c5,r8c8 (connected by r1c9,r2c8) => r8c5<>7
  20. Finned X-Wing: 4 r39 c19 fr9c2 => r78c1<>4
  21. Finned Swordfish: 6 r157 c137 fr1c2 => r3c1<>6
  22. X-Chain: 2 r1c3 =2= r7c3 -2- r7c9 =2= r8c8 -2- r2c8 =2= r2c5 => r1c5<>2
  23. XY-Chain: 4 4- r2c2 -6- r2c6 -3- r8c6 -9- r3c6 -6- r3c8 -2- r3c9 -4 => r2c7,r3c1<>4
  24. Row 2 / Column 2 → 4 (Hidden Single)
  25. Row 3 / Column 9 → 4 (Hidden Single)
  26. Row 9 / Column 1 → 4 (Hidden Single)
  27. Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 6 in b1 => r1c7<>6
  28. X-Wing: 2 c39 r17 => r17c1<>2
  29. XY-Chain: 8 8- r1c7 -5- r2c7 -6- r2c6 -3- r8c6 -9- r8c5 -8 => r8c7<>8
  30. AIC: 6 6- r2c6 -3- r2c4 -7- r2c8 =7= r8c8 -7- r9c9 -8- r9c2 =8= r8c2 -8- r8c5 -9- r8c6 =9= r3c6 =6= r3c8 -6 => r2c78,r3c6<>6
  31. Row 2 / Column 7 → 5 (Naked Single)
  32. Row 3 / Column 6 → 9 (Naked Single)
  33. Row 1 / Column 7 → 8 (Naked Single)
  34. Row 8 / Column 6 → 3 (Naked Single)
  35. Row 2 / Column 6 → 6 (Full House)
  36. Row 3 / Column 8 → 6 (Hidden Single)
  37. Row 2 / Column 4 → 3 (Hidden Single)
  38. Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 7 in b2 => r79c5<>7
  39. AIC: 9 9- r8c5 -8- r8c2 =8= r9c2 -8- r9c9 -7- r9c3 -9 => r8c12,r9c5<>9
  40. Row 8 / Column 5 → 9 (Hidden Single)
  41. Row 8 / Column 2 → 8 (Hidden Single)
  42. Row 1 / Column 2 → 6 (Hidden Single)
  43. XY-Wing: 2/9/7 in r1c39,r9c3 => r9c9<>7
  44. Row 9 / Column 9 → 8 (Naked Single)
  45. Row 9 / Column 5 → 1 (Naked Single)
  46. Row 7 / Column 5 → 8 (Naked Single)
  47. Row 9 / Column 2 → 9 (Naked Single)
  48. Row 6 / Column 2 → 1 (Full House)
  49. Row 9 / Column 3 → 7 (Full House)
  50. Row 6 / Column 1 → 9 (Full House)
  51. Row 5 / Column 3 → 6 (Naked Single)
  52. Row 5 / Column 1 → 7 (Full House)
  53. Row 1 / Column 1 → 5 (Naked Single)
  54. Row 7 / Column 3 → 2 (Naked Single)
  55. Row 1 / Column 3 → 9 (Full House)
  56. Row 3 / Column 1 → 2 (Full House)
  57. Row 3 / Column 5 → 5 (Full House)
  58. Row 1 / Column 5 → 7 (Naked Single)
  59. Row 1 / Column 9 → 2 (Full House)
  60. Row 7 / Column 9 → 7 (Full House)
  61. Row 2 / Column 5 → 2 (Full House)
  62. Row 2 / Column 8 → 7 (Full House)
  63. Row 8 / Column 8 → 2 (Full House)
  64. Row 8 / Column 1 → 6 (Naked Single)
  65. Row 7 / Column 1 → 1 (Full House)
  66. Row 7 / Column 4 → 4 (Naked Single)
  67. Row 7 / Column 7 → 6 (Full House)
  68. Row 8 / Column 7 → 4 (Full House)
  69. Row 8 / Column 4 → 7 (Full House)
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