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HomeSudoku BooksMensa Guide to Solving Sudoku: Hundreds of Puzzles Plus Techniques to Help You Crack Them All |
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 Mensa Guide for Idiots Nov 13, 2009
Peter Gordon spends a lot of time walking you thru the sample puzzles, and his logic works on the example.
However, I don't think Peter Gordon did a very good job explaining the what to look for when you are trying to determine when a certain technique will work.
Example: How do you spot an X-Wing or swordfish opportunity when there are lots of candidates to chose from.
Example: Is there an eaxy way to spot which number is a good candidate for X-wing, etc. His samples are obviously well thought out, but I was hoping to have a quick-easy way to spot when a certain application or number is a good starting point.
I guess I was looking for some concrete rules for when to apply a technique:
Example: X-Wing only works when there are two candidates in one column which align (in same row) with two candidates in another column.
CB
 Excellent Sudoku solver Jul 15, 2009
Excellent book - thoroughly covering many ways to solve Sudoku puzzles. Lots of puzzles to complete, but very small squares for writing in cell/row number to assist in solving.
Good tips May 04, 2009
It teaches good methods but it's rather skimpy on explanations; 90% of the book is more puzzles. I guess if I read carefully the ad, the main ingredient is 100's of puzzles...
Poor quality of binding, pages come loose easily.
 Excellent for advanced techniques Jan 19, 2009
This book has helped me learn new methods for solving some of the harder Sudoku puzzles that have in the past required me to do a "what-if" to break a dead lock. Many of the techniques I already knew, though not by any name, but some of the advanced techniques were totally new to me and help round out my solving skills. Plus there's a lot of good puzzles in the book to practice these techniques.
Sudoku Dec 14, 2008
Wow, on the more difficult puzzles this has been helpful. On my own before purchasing this book I had figured out how to solve many puzzles on my own. This has shown me some shortcuts to use and allows me to practice. Great book, one I would say is worth the money.
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