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This Sudoku Puzzle has 66 steps and it is solved using Naked Single, Hidden Single, Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing), Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming), undefined, Naked Triple, Sue de Coq, Full House techniques.
Naked Single
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Hidden Single
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Locked Candidates
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Locked Candidates
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Full House
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Solution Steps:
- Row 2 / Column 2 → 6 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 3 → 1 (Hidden Single)
- Row 5 / Column 1 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Row 1 / Column 5 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Row 1 / Column 3 → 3 (Hidden Single)
- Row 7 / Column 3 → 5 (Hidden Single)
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 4 in b2 => r3c1<>4
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 7 in b4 => r9c2<>7
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 9 in b4 => r9c3<>9
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 2 in b6 => r79c7<>2
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 7 in r5 => r4c78,r6c78<>7
- X-Wing: 3 r28 c68 => r3c6,r9c8<>3
- Row 3 / Column 6 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Naked Triple: 1,6,8 in r467c6 => r8c6<>1, r8c6<>8
- 2-String Kite: 5 in r2c8,r6c5 (connected by r2c4,r3c5) => r6c8<>5
- Sue de Coq: r5c789 - {14789} (r5c5 - {14}, r4c78,r6c7 - {2589}) => r6c8<>8
- XY-Chain: 5 5- r2c4 -9- r2c6 -3- r8c6 -9- r8c1 -8- r3c1 -5 => r3c45<>5
- Row 3 / Column 4 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 5 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 6 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 4 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 2 / Column 8 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 6 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 5 → 5 (Hidden Single)
- Row 9 / Column 7 → 3 (Hidden Single)
- Row 9 / Column 4 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Row 7 / Column 7 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Row 4 / Column 6 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Row 9 / Column 1 → 9 (Hidden Single)
- Row 8 / Column 1 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 1 → 5 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 4 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 3 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 1 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 2 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 1 → 7 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 2 → 1 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 2 → 4 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 8 → 5 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 9 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 5 → 1 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 8 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 5 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 5 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 6 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 6 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 4 → 4 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 9 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 4 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 4 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 8 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 9 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 8 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 8 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 2 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 7 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 2 → 7 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 3 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 3 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 7 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 3 / Column 9 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 7 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 7 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 9 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 9 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 7 → 7 (Full House)
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