Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim”...

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Sudoku No 71 This C lass: ? 243 S HD 201 6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3 Solving … 4 Novices P ass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 234 79 246 7 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 234 79 246 7 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ku-help.com Sudoku-Help+SolverV ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Players Last Elim ination Only V alue O nlyS pot Cols O nly Spot Row s O nly Spot Boxes Locked Pairs Loo ping is O N -C lick to Turn itOff Locked Triples Locked Q uads Intersect R eject Show Las tElim C lear it Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights the Last Elimination it performed. Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

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Page 1: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s Las t Elimination

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights the Last Elimination it performed.

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 2: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s XYZap Eliminat ing 4

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button again will show the Previous Elimination it performed.

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 3: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s XYZap Eliminat ing 3

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Sometimes one or more of the Rule Defining Cells will have had one or more of its candidate valuesalready removed by an elimination. In this case (76) has had 7 removed.

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 4: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s XYZap Eliminat ing 7

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Note: A bug in Version 1.1 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, used to prepare the images in the online Tutorial, meant it missed the elimination of 7 from (65) which Version 3.0 does not miss.

Page 5: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s 3G Eliminat ing 3

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Note: When one (or more) of the Rule Defining Cells is one of the puzzle’s given values, it is shownin Dark Green to distinguish it from the others, as is the case for cells (54) & (85) here.

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 6: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s 2G Eliminat ing 2

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Note: The Orange Box in the bottom right corner always shows an abbreviation for the Solving Rule being used and what Values were eliminated.

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 7: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s LP Eliminating 24

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Note: Two values for the SHD Rating are shown; the one on the left is calculated according to the original algorithm and the one on the right is based on the new Version 3.0 algorithm.

Page 8: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s LP Eliminating 79

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

This feature alone makes Version 3.0 of Sudoku-Help-Plus a “must buy” for anyone wanting tolearn how to recognise for themselves the various Solving Rules described on this Website.

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 9: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s LT Eliminating 698

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Note: This is really a Locked-Pair in {69}, but as each rule is re-run until it can’t find any more instances, in Locked-Triples mode it sees {69}, {69} & {89} as a Locked-Triple.

Page 10: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s LT Eliminating 234

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 11: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s LT Eliminating 234

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature

Page 12: Clicking the Mouse in this Slide-Show has the same effect as Clicking the “Show Last Elim” button in Version 3.0 of the Sudoku-Help+Solver, where it highlights.

Sudoku No 71 This Class: ? 243 SHD 201

6 9 8 27 27 4 1 5 3Solving … 4 Novices

Pass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7 23 23 5 1 8 4 9 6 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

4 5 1 36 36 9 2 7 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 234 79 2467 8 7 69 234 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 6 5 9 34 1 7 8 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 234 79 2467 246 5 69 234 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 1 34 8 47 3 5 6 29 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 7 6 34 5 2 8 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 8 24 1 9 6 3 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

www.sudoku-hel p.com Sudoku-Help+Solver V ersion 3.0 Solving Grid 4 Player s Las t Elimination

Only Value

Only SpotCols

Only Spot Rows

Only Spot Boxes

Locked Pairs

Loo ping is ON - Click to Turn i t Off

Locked Triples

Locked Quads

Intersect Reject

Show Las t Elim Clear it

The display returns to normal when there are no more eliminations to show you, orwhenever you Click the “Clear it” button.

Sudoku-Help+Solver Version 3.0 - Show Last Elimination Feature