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| tips for solving difficult sudoku puzzles: The Times Super Fiendish Su Doku Book 1 The Times Mind Games, 2014-12-16 The puzzles in this collection of treacherously difficult puzzles will stretch even the most advanced Su Doku enthusiast. You will need to use all of your best solving techniques to get to the end of this testing challenge. The puzzles in the collection are of the highest quality and are perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles. Guaranteed to provide hours of mind-stretching entertainment. |
| tips for solving difficult sudoku puzzles: Solve Extreme Sudoku Robert Emmert, Scott Gandert, 2015-11-04 After a short discussion of Sudoku and presentation of tools in Section 1, this book gives a review of standard techniques or strategies to solve these puzzles in Section 2. Section 3 will treat advanced solution techniques that will allow the most difficult puzzles to be solved. The primary focus of the book is on this section, and the reader should find these techniques easy to apply to achieve success. Section 4 gives 14 exercises that will allow the reader to practice the techniques given in section 3. These exercises, with solutions, provide additional instructions on the application of section 3 techniques. Section 5 gives 16 puzzles to solve, with answers. The first 4 puzzles are for warm up and are labeled Evil. The 12 puzzles that follow the Evil puzzles are very difficult and are labeled Extreme. This section could be considered a graduation exercise. |
| tips for solving difficult sudoku puzzles: Extreme Sudoku For Dummies Andrew Heron, Andrew Stuart, 2006-11-13 Have you worn out all of your pencils mastering ever-changing Sudoku puzzles? Have you stepped up your game to the next level and now seek something a little more demanding? Do you crave the challenge of more cunning, deadly Sudoku? Extreme Sudoku For Dummies features 236 beyond diabolical puzzles to challenge even the most skilled expert—perfect for anyone who wants to be a true Sudoku master. In this book you will not only discover some amazingly tricky Sudoku puzzles, but also face new challenges in the form of Killer Sudoku, Irregular Sudoku, and other recently developed variations. And you won't need to rely on guesswork—you'll find an easy-to-understand, logical approach that will help you tackle even the most difficult puzzles in the book. Extreme Sudoku For Dummies offers: An overview of Sudoku basics Variations such as 9 x 9, 12 x 12, 16 x 16, jigsaw, circular, and killer puzzles Useful strategies to filter out candidates and solve puzzles, one step at a time The lowdown on advanced strategies such as Naked Pairs, Naked Triplets, Hidden Pairs, X-Wing, Y-Wing, and other techniques Time completion estimates so that you can use the clock to measure your progress and ability Along with a wealth of puzzles that will test every Sudoku player's skill, Extreme Sudoku For Dummies provides the tips, tricks, advice, and strategies to help you become a true master of the game. |
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| tips for solving difficult sudoku puzzles: Mastering Sudoku Week by Week Paul Stephens, 2007-02 Sudoku has become an addiction for millions--and that’s great, because mind games help keep our brains in good working order. But even though the rules are simple, many solvers need some help when cracking the more complicated grids. That support is here in abundance...enough to take to you into the realm of the Very Difficult and even the Fiendish. Using this attractive guide, solvers will smoothly progress through 52 stages, each with a self-testing and timed puzzle to monitor progress. Chock-full of tactics and tips, and drawing on strategies evolved by Sudoku experts from Japan, Europe, and the United States, this little book takes you to the top. |
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