Sudoku Tips And Tricks X Wing
Worked example using the x wing strategy.
Sudoku tips and tricks x wing. It s an advanced strategy for sure. Cracking the cryptic 702 219 views. Where you can use the x wing strategy. X wing this method can work when you look at cells comprising a rectangle such as the cells marked in red.
The most under used sudoku technique duration. This is my second worked example. The x wing and how to spot it duration. If you haven t mastered the x wing strategy yet you ll likely find this strategy frustrating and possibly useless.
And this example uses the column variation of the x wing technique. However in this sudoku tutorial you will see an example of a sudoku puzzle. Remember how the x wing involved 2 possible numbers in two rows. The x wing method is a way to help you solve very hard sudoku puzzles.
Advanced sudoku strategy tips. If lines are drawn with the columns and rows. Apply these sudoku tips and you will solve most sudoku puzzles. This is the same idea except now we re looking at 3 possible numbers in 3 rows or columns.
This is a very complicated technique and one of the hardest sudoku solving techniques available. Well i have some good news. Your ability to identify and solve this pattern will often break the logjam and lead you to the solution of a challenging sudoku game. Having three rows and columns instead of two.
X wing or swordfish expanded into four. Tips on solving sudoku puzzles sudoku solving techniques. Advanced sudoku strategy x wing. The swordfish shares similarities to the x wing technique but in a far more expanded way.
Which includes another x wing tutorial. A sudoku x wing pattern occurs in many of the more difficult sudoku puzzles. For another worked example see my previous post included below. Diagram 1 shows the starting blank sudoku puzzle.
A column variation with step by step instructions. In this article i use one of my hand crafted very difficult puzzles that has a known x wing pattern. How to identify sudoku x wing. There are two ways to approach the sudoku solving process.
In this example let s say that the red and blue cells all have the number 5 as candidate numbers. And pictures for each main stage. It may seem impossible to you to solve anything but the most simple sudoku puzzles. To solve the hardest puzzles and games use advanced strategies such as x wing xy wing and swordfish.