Hard Level Sudoku Puzzle Made EASY with Skyscraper and a 2 String Kite!!!

E18: Follow along as I transform a hard puzzle into an easy one with two skyscrapers and a 2 string kite! In this video I go through the steps of solving from beginning to end, you can skip to the "good stuff" if you want, or enjoy the ride the whole way through. The first skyscraper appears at 14:29, the 2 string kite is at 21:36, and the second skyscraper is at 23:33. I hope you enjoy this solve with me episode, and....I hope you Learned Something :)

[@SmartHobbies]

Nice job with the solve. I like how you explain 2-String Kite as a convergence of row and column containing 2 of a candidate in a block. Solid job with the skyscrapers as well.

[@LearnSomethingNewEveryDay]

Thanks SmartHobbies, and I appreciate your answering lefty's question!

[@SmartHobbies]

@@LearnSomethingNewEveryDay 😀

[@esmurphy9405]

Subscribing. Your videos, presentation, and explanation are excellent. The best I've found.

[@MarcusJonesMD]

Great job as always. I solved it a using a skyscraper, two different X chains (one with #5 and the other with #3) and a Variable link chain. The #5 chain was the two string kite. The way you solved it was simpler than my way, but I got it solved none the less. Thanks for the solve and please keep the videos coming.

[@LearnSomethingNewEveryDay]

Thanks Doc, I appreciate the feedback!

[@lesliewilliams6751]

Thanks, It helps alot, the way you show how find things.👍

[@LearnSomethingNewEveryDay]

Thank you, I appreciate the comment!

[@soner818]

What platform or app are you using to solve these puzzles?

[@leftyf74]

Am I wrong when I suggest that row 9 column 1 should have contained a possible 2? The naked triple in rows 2,3,5 did not resolve this 2. The triple only resolved 3 and 5, right? Having that possible 2 in that cell made it difficult for me to resolve the 2 in row 1 column 2. It was that resolution that allowed you to resolve several cells. Did you just luck out or was there a trick I missed?

[@SmartHobbies]

Great question. The 2,3,5 are the three candidates restricted in column 9 to the upper 3 cells, so a 2 could no longer be in R9C1. If you put a 2 there, you would have to place 3 and 5 to fill 3 cells in column 9 and that would break the puzzle. Hope that helps.

[@LearnSomethingNewEveryDay]

Thanks for the question lefty, SmartHobbies answered it before I got a chance to. Great question, with an equally great answer!

[@happybakergirl1292]

Is there a possibility of accessing a text version of your puzzle so I can follow along and learn some new solving techniques? I can't see the screen--magnification to the nth power isn’t going to help anything, but may be able to follow along auditorially and pick something up if I could access text. For example, a row with the second, fourth, seventh, and ninth cells filled in could be represented as:
-2- 9-- 6-8

[@LearnSomethingNewEveryDay]

Hi happybakergirl, you can take a screenshot and print that. Or pause the video and copy it. I hope that helps!