Solution for Evil Sudoku #2396873152440

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7
6
1
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9
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7
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This Sudoku Puzzle has 61 steps and it is solved using Naked Single, Hidden Single, Full House, Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing), Naked Triple, Hidden Pair, Skyscraper, Uniqueness Test 1 techniques.

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

  1. Row 2 / Column 6 → 5 (Naked Single)
  2. Row 3 / Column 6 → 2 (Naked Single)
  3. Row 1 / Column 5 → 7 (Hidden Single)
  4. Row 3 / Column 8 → 9 (Hidden Single)
  5. Row 3 / Column 3 → 1 (Hidden Single)
  6. Row 1 / Column 9 → 8 (Hidden Single)
  7. Row 7 / Column 2 → 8 (Hidden Single)
  8. Row 2 / Column 2 → 4 (Naked Single)
  9. Row 1 / Column 1 → 3 (Naked Single)
  10. Row 1 / Column 3 → 5 (Naked Single)
  11. Row 3 / Column 1 → 8 (Full House)
  12. Row 3 / Column 4 → 3 (Naked Single)
  13. Row 2 / Column 5 → 8 (Full House)
  14. Row 3 / Column 7 → 5 (Full House)
  15. Row 8 / Column 5 → 1 (Hidden Single)
  16. Row 8 / Column 4 → 7 (Hidden Single)
  17. Row 8 / Column 2 → 2 (Naked Single)
  18. Row 9 / Column 2 → 7 (Naked Single)
  19. Row 5 / Column 4 → 8 (Hidden Single)
  20. Row 9 / Column 9 → 5 (Hidden Single)
  21. Row 4 / Column 3 → 2 (Hidden Single)
  22. Row 1 / Column 8 → 2 (Hidden Single)
  23. Row 1 / Column 7 → 4 (Full House)
  24. Locked Candidates Type 1 (Pointing): 4 in b8 => r7c39<>4
  25. Row 8 / Column 8 → 4 (Hidden Single)
  26. Row 8 / Column 3 → 6 (Full House)
  27. Naked Triple: 2,3,6 in r279c7 => r5c7<>3, r6c7<>6
  28. Hidden Pair: 3,6 in r4c59 => r4c9<>4
  29. Row 6 / Column 9 → 4 (Hidden Single)
  30. Naked Triple: 1,7,9 in r6c167 => r6c5<>9
  31. Skyscraper: 9 in r6c1,r7c3 (connected by r67c6) => r5c3,r9c1<>9
  32. Row 5 / Column 3 → 4 (Naked Single)
  33. Row 9 / Column 1 → 4 (Naked Single)
  34. Row 4 / Column 1 → 7 (Naked Single)
  35. Row 6 / Column 1 → 9 (Full House)
  36. Uniqueness Test 1: 1/7 in r5c67,r6c67 => r5c6<>1, r5c6<>7
  37. Row 5 / Column 6 → 9 (Naked Single)
  38. Row 5 / Column 5 → 3 (Naked Single)
  39. Row 7 / Column 6 → 4 (Naked Single)
  40. Row 4 / Column 5 → 6 (Naked Single)
  41. Row 5 / Column 8 → 5 (Naked Single)
  42. Row 4 / Column 6 → 1 (Naked Single)
  43. Row 6 / Column 6 → 7 (Full House)
  44. Row 7 / Column 4 → 2 (Naked Single)
  45. Row 9 / Column 5 → 9 (Full House)
  46. Row 6 / Column 5 → 2 (Full House)
  47. Row 4 / Column 9 → 3 (Naked Single)
  48. Row 7 / Column 9 → 6 (Full House)
  49. Row 5 / Column 2 → 1 (Naked Single)
  50. Row 4 / Column 2 → 5 (Full House)
  51. Row 5 / Column 7 → 7 (Full House)
  52. Row 4 / Column 4 → 4 (Full House)
  53. Row 6 / Column 4 → 5 (Full House)
  54. Row 6 / Column 8 → 6 (Naked Single)
  55. Row 6 / Column 7 → 1 (Full House)
  56. Row 2 / Column 8 → 3 (Full House)
  57. Row 2 / Column 7 → 6 (Full House)
  58. Row 9 / Column 3 → 3 (Naked Single)
  59. Row 7 / Column 3 → 9 (Full House)
  60. Row 7 / Column 7 → 3 (Full House)
  61. Row 9 / Column 7 → 2 (Full House)
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