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This Sudoku Puzzle has 82 steps and it is solved using Hidden Single, Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing), Locked Pair, Naked Single, Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming), Naked Triple, Hidden Triple, Swordfish, undefined, Skyscraper, Full House, Naked Pair, Bivalue Universal Grave + 1 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 8 → 3 (Hidden Single)
- Row 6 / Column 6 → 1 (Hidden Single)
- Row 8 / Column 9 → 1 (Hidden Single)
- Row 7 / Column 3 → 1 (Hidden Single)
- Row 2 / Column 5 → 1 (Hidden Single)
- Row 5 / Column 7 → 1 (Hidden Single)
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 2 in b3 => r79c9<>2
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 5 in b3 => r79c7<>5
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 4 in b5 => r78c4<>4
- Row 8 / Column 2 → 4 (Hidden Single)
- Row 2 / Column 9 → 4 (Hidden Single)
- Row 3 / Column 1 → 4 (Hidden Single)
- Locked Pair: 6,9 in r79c1 => r15c1,r7c2,r9c3<>9, r5c1,r7c2<>6
- Row 5 / Column 9 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Row 4 / Column 2 → 6 (Hidden Single)
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 8 in b6 => r4c46<>8
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 9 in b6 => r789c8<>9
- Row 8 / Column 8 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 7 → 8 (Hidden Single)
- Locked Pair: 5,7 in r13c7 => r13c9,r79c7<>7
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 7 in b6 => r79c8<>7
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 2 in r2 => r1c45,r3c456<>2
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 6 in r8 => r7c46,r9c6<>6
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 9 in r8 => r7c456,r9c56<>9
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 2 in c5 => r7c46,r9c6<>2
- Naked Triple: 3,5,8 in r7c46,r9c6 => r79c5<>5, r79c5<>8
- Hidden Triple: 3,6,7 in r13c4,r3c6 => r13c4,r3c6<>5, r13c4,r3c6<>8, r13c4,r3c6<>9
- Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 9 in b2 => r5c5<>9
- Naked Triple: 3,5,7 in r1c147 => r1c3<>3, r1c5<>5
- Swordfish: 5 c157 r135 => r3c2,r5c4<>5
- W-Wing: 9/8 in r1c5,r3c2 connected by 8 in r13c9 => r1c3,r3c5<>9
- Row 1 / Column 5 → 9 (Hidden Single)
- W-Wing: 5/8 in r2c2,r9c6 connected by 8 in r7c2,r9c3 => r2c6<>5
- Locked Candidates Type 2 (Claiming): 5 in c6 => r7c4<>5
- Hidden Triple: 2,4,5 in r246c4 => r2c4<>8, r46c4<>9
- Skyscraper: 8 in r2c2,r9c3 (connected by r29c6) => r13c3,r7c2<>8
- Row 1 / Column 3 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 2 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 9 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 9 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 3 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 9 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 9 → 7 (Full House)
- Row 7 / Column 1 → 6 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 1 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 6 → 5 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 7 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 8 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 5 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 9 / Column 7 → 6 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 8 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 9 / Column 5 → 4 (Full House)
- Naked Pair: 3,9 in r35c3 => r46c3<>9
- Bivalue Universal Grave + 1 => r3c4<>6, r3c4<>7
- Row 3 / Column 4 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 4 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 3 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 3 / Column 6 → 6 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 4 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 7 / Column 6 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 1 / Column 7 → 5 (Naked Single)
- Row 1 / Column 1 → 3 (Full House)
- Row 3 / Column 7 → 7 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 1 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 3 / Column 2 → 8 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 2 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 2 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 3 / Column 5 → 5 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 5 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 5 / Column 3 → 3 (Naked Single)
- Row 5 / Column 4 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 8 / Column 6 → 9 (Naked Single)
- Row 8 / Column 4 → 6 (Full House)
- Row 2 / Column 4 → 2 (Naked Single)
- Row 2 / Column 6 → 8 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 6 → 2 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 8 → 7 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 8 → 9 (Full House)
- Row 4 / Column 4 → 4 (Naked Single)
- Row 4 / Column 3 → 7 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 3 → 4 (Full House)
- Row 6 / Column 4 → 5 (Full House)
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