| Todays puzzle (Friday, 22nd June 2007) |
Tilps
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 6722
Best Total: 18m 37s | Posted - 2007.06.22 01:45:20
Anyone else find an early highlander which leads almost all the way to the end? (my 13minute time was because I was interrupted by work ... again - thats twice this week - serves me right for doing the puzzles just before lunch) |
turtlepi
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 2246
Best Total: 20m 39s | Posted - 2007.06.22 02:19:33
I dont know about a highlander arguement, but starting at the three in the bottom left section (not in the corner), I was able to finish the puzzle. (I had this to start with)
Last edited by turtlepi - 2007.06.22 02:19:52 |
rootbeer
Kwon-Tom Addict
Puzzles: 216
Best Total: 1h 20m 26s | Posted - 2007.06.22 03:54:41
I've heard that it's best to work as far along as one can by sheer logic before beginning to guess. But then someone with much better times than mine says something like:
Quote: Originally Posted by turtlepi starting at the three in the bottom left section (not in the corner), I was able to finish the puzzle. |
Does that mean that, from the given position, you chose simply to guess as to the orientation of the 3, and your guess turned out to be correct?
Was there nothing more that such a skilled player should have deduced from that board before guessing? Or should I abandon logic and start guessing sooner if I want to get into Club 59 someday?
How did you come to choose that 3? |
turtlepi
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 2246
Best Total: 20m 39s | Posted - 2007.06.22 04:25:56
It was a random (and very lucky) guess 
I am sure there is more you can put in, but thats all I had. I've kinda hit a road block in that respect...
Last edited by turtlepi - 2007.06.22 04:27:41 |
prj
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 2356
Best Total: 18m 20s | Posted - 2007.06.22 05:43:50
Quote: Originally Posted by rootbeer Was there nothing more that such a skilled player should have deduced from that board before guessing? |
There's the 2 on the left edge, seventh row down. I believe that's the Highlander that Tilps was referring to. You can deduce that it must have a line coming in from the bottom left corner. That leads to a lot more progress. |
Tilps
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 6722
Best Total: 18m 37s | Posted - 2007.06.22 15:44:46
yeap that was the highlander -but i got it from the incorrect trial on the 3 mentioned above - rather than direct analysis. That let me take the correct guess on the 3.
Last edited by Tilps - 2007.06.22 15:49:26 |
rootbeer
Kwon-Tom Addict
Puzzles: 216
Best Total: 1h 20m 26s | Posted - 2007.06.22 16:03:14
Quote: Originally Posted by prj There's the 2 on the left edge, seventh row down. I believe that's the Highlander that Tilps was referring to. You can deduce that it must have a line coming in from the bottom left corner. |
Well, maybe you can, but I can't.
After some serious studying, maybe I see it...
If the indicated position were a line, the lower 2 would be indeterminate. By assuming that the indicated position is blank, the solution follows. That must be the Highlander. Thanks! |
Tilps
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 6722
Best Total: 18m 37s | Posted - 2007.06.23 03:09:05
The line at the indicated position is a given if you put a cross outside the opposite corner of the diagonally adjacent 2, and vice-versa, the two are equivelent.
Last edited by Tilps - 2007.06.23 03:09:50 |
