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This Sudoku Puzzle has 65 steps and it is solved using Naked Single, Hidden Single, Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing), Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming), Naked Triple, Swordfish, Naked Pair, undefined, 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 6 / Column 4 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 1 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Row 4 / Column 8 → 2 (Hidden Single)
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 8 in b4 => r4c7<>8
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 6 in b5 => r4c7<>6
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 4 in c8 => r7c79,r89c7,r9c9<>4
- Naked Triple: 3,4,9 in r459c5 => r137c5<>4, r17c5<>9, r7c5<>3
- Row 7 / Column 5 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 4 in b2 => r478c6<>4
- Row 7 / Column 2 → 4 (Hidden Single)
- Row 1 / Column 2 → 2 (Hidden Single)
- Row 1 / Column 5 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 5 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 8 in c9 => r13c7,r2c8<>8
- Row 2 / Column 8 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 8 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 3 → 7 (Hidden Single)
- Row 9 / Column 9 → 7 (Hidden Single)
- Row 8 / Column 4 → 4 (Hidden Single)
- Swordfish: 1 c268 r468 => r4c137,r68c7,r8c3<>1
- Naked Pair: 5,8 in r4c13 => r4c2<>5
- XY-Chain: 4 4- r4c7 -7- r6c7 -8- r6c8 -1- r6c6 -3- r5c5 -4 => r4c5,r5c79<>4
- Row 4 / Column 5 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 4 → 6 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 4 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 5 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 5 → 4 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 6 → 1 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 6 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 2 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 7 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 2 → 1 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 8 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 6 / Column 7 → 7 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 8 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 9 → 5 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 6 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 6 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 7 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 3 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 7 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 7 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 2 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 2 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 3 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 3 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 1 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 3 → 1 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 7 → 6 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 1 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 3 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 3 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 1 → 1 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 1 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 2 / Column 9 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 7 → 1 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 7 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 9 → 6 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 1 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 1 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 2 / Column 6 → 6 (Full House)
- Row 3 / Column 6 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 6 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 9 → 4 (Full House)
- Row 3 / Column 9 → 1 (Full House)
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