Sudoku X Wing Strategy Explained
With n 3 we have a swordfish.
Sudoku x wing strategy explained. In this example the number 5 forms the necessary pattern to apply the x wing strategy. Sudoku strategies explained with graphics. Your ability to identify and solve this pattern will often break the logjam and lead you to the solution of a challenging sudoku game. Y wing example 1.
Sudoku guy 15 928 views. How to identify sudoku x wing. With n 5 the creative name squirmbag is used. In this article i use one of my hand crafted very difficult puzzles that has a known x wing pattern.
A sudoku x wing pattern occurs in many of the more difficult sudoku puzzles. If a particular candidate is present in only two cells in a column and if it is only present in the same rows of another column forming the corners of a rectangle plus cell s of this second column that belong to the same square as one of the corners of the rectangle these extra cells are called the fin then all candidates present in the same. From the start i have found a superb tough sudoku puzzle with a sequence of five y wings and this illustrates the full range of this strategy. The first three are pictured here but you can load the puzzle into the solver to see the remaining examples.
How to spot an x wing using rows and then knowing what to do. Crawler sin bin page you have been banned from this web site because you have been deemed to be a bot or your page requests are hack attempts. Some of these terms except locked candidates and color are explained in my illustrative article sudoku tips. Testing the pairs on the grid shows that the 5 highlighted in red would be.
A strategy all sudoku experts must know. 6 advanced sudoku strategies explained. Sudoku swordfish is a variation of the x wing pattern. X wing is a strategy in which you find a candidate that appears twice in two different rows and those appearances are both in the same column or the candidate appears twice in two different columns and those appearances are both in the same row.
Read my article solve sudoku for a step by step description on how to reach the place where you apply this technique. This technique merely crosses the possible locations of a candidate in n rows with n columns. With n 4 we have a jellyfish. With n 2 we have a standard x wing.