Tutorial 59. The rectangle pattern within a Sudoku block.

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In this tutorial I show a neat trick which you can use if you wish. You could solve this puzzle without using this technique. However, the more tricks and techniques you know and can spot the better. You never know how it could help.
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[@leonarddickerson583]

Thanks, Robin, by introducing me to this simple block technique that I have had so many times in the past but was unaware of its simplicity. You've knocked 15 minutes off my difficult puzzle solving time by introducing me to so many effective techniques!

[@SudokuGuy]

Len thanks. there is always something to learn and having a procedure really helps when learning, also know what to look for as well is helpful. So glad you found my site."the most popular site on line to learn sudoku" Please share with others, subscribe and click the bell by the subscribe button. (It’s FREE) Have fun as you learn step by step how to solve. Below is my home page with all the videos listed. kzbin.info/door/d8JaOdfEWcJOtwG6YayW0w kzbin.info www.sudokuguy.com

[@charliezhang4586]

Very fantastic explanation and awesome tutorial! Definitely worth watching from the start to the end!

[@SudokuGuy]

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[@user-bv9mk3br5g]

A fantastic new trick. Thank you ! You’re absolutely my favorite sudoku teacher.. patient and repetitive

[@SudokuGuy]

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[@joeklamut6267]

Hi Robin! Great video! I play everyday now and use all your tips you’ve taught us. You’re the best my friend!

[@SudokuGuy]

Gee thanks Joe. Please tell others about my site. It is a thrill to have someone show appreciation for my efforts. There are more of this type of tutorial coming. as well as difficult puzzles which i solve from the beginning to the end. This type of tutorial is great for learners as well as for advanced players. Have fun

[@gwendolynmasi5034]

Robin, you are an excellent teacher. Very easy to follow.Thanks

[@SudokuGuy]

Thank you, that means a lot to me.

[@kathytiffin6518]

Glad you had your white board designer on. What a nice guy. I often wondered how you created this board. The large format is most helpful.

[@SudokuGuy]

Thanks so much!

[@johnandkatie7]

Hey Robin.... just want you to know that you have taught me a lot and continue teaching me. Love your puns.... as I’m a geek like you. I say that lovingly.

[@SudokuGuy]

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[@prabhakararaoirukuvajjala3380]

I love the way you explain the techniques. Very easy to understand. Thank You Sir

[@SudokuGuy]

So nice of you. enjoy learning.

[@DeejKelley]

Great video. Appreciate this information on how to solve another pattern. I'm sure I will use this one in the future! With the situation in our planet right now, Sudoku helps me keep my mind calm and focused. Thank you!!

[@SudokuGuy]

Awesome! Thank you!Thank you for suvscribing!

[@joonkang1949]

I was able to use the rectangle today! Saw the same 4 numbers in a row and a column, and was able to construct a rectangle in the empty block. That is, I went in reverse direction. It was exciting and a lot of fun to recognize the pattern. Thanks for your help.

[@SudokuGuy]

Well done Joan. You can see sudoku can become addictive paricularly if you solve them So glad you found my site."the most popular site on line to learn sudoku" Please tell others and subscribe and click the bell by the subscribe button. Have fun as you learn step by step how to solve. You can view all of my videos here: kzbin.info/door/d8JaOdfEWcJOtwG6YayW0w

[@Dinesh-12]

Good job grand pa

[@SudokuGuy]

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[@jeanne4281]

Thank you Robin, you are right , it is so easy when I read your answer,

[@SudokuGuy]

thanks for reading my answer.

[@mahwishahmad6415]

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[@SudokuGuy]

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[@charlesbruno990]

Wow.Thanks, Sudoku Guy.

[@SudokuGuy]

Charles You can learn a lot from these videos. Have fun as you learn more techniques and tricks. You can do it!

[@minecraftpro9689]

OMG you made my life even more easyer

[@SudokuGuy]

So glad to read this. Please tell others.

[@djg5950]

Stumped on some of the harder puzzles need to watch more videos for different methods to solve them. Thanks for the videos Sudoku Guy.

[@SudokuGuy]

HI Deborah, Hi Debeorah, yes the more you watch the more techniques and tricks you will learn. My next video in March is an excellent video to show many procedures and techniques. Glad you found my site."the most popular site on line to learn sudoku” Please share with others. Subscribe and click the bell by the subscribe button. Have fun as you learn step by step how to solve. The link below will take you to all of my videos from easy to difficult. kzbin.info/door/d8JaOdfEWcJOtwG6YayW0w

[@djg5950]

@@SudokuGuy Ha ha ! I don't know any one else who does these !! I've been doing them for about 15 years. When I worked there was a daily paper that had one in it and I would do it on supper break. Most of the time I finished it (so they must have been really easy because I didn't know the techniques that you are showing). Occasionally I would mess one up but not often. I already subscribed a couple of weeks ago. If I ever run into any one who is interested in learning how to I'll certainly recommend you so they can get started. Most just look at me amazed and tell me that they could never do them. I've even done a few of the "triple" (boxed together) type ones. Those are definitely a harder challenge.

[@llenegarcia7866]

Thank you po for sharing this info...now i enjoy nah playing sudoko..

[@SudokuGuy]

That's great Nina. So glad you found my site."the most popular site on line to learn sudoku" Please tell others and subscribe and click the bell by the subscribe button. Have fun as you learn step by step how to solve. You can view all of my videos here: kzbin.info/door/d8JaOdfEWcJOtwG6YayW0w

[@nikvlogs8791]

Amazing ❤️

[@SudokuGuy]

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[@nikvlogs8791]

@@SudokuGuy don't thank me thanks to youtube 😂

[@frugalliving4330]

You could use sharpie for the grid on a whiteboard, and erasable markers for the numbers

[@SudokuGuy]

Yes. but make sure the sharpies are permanent.

[@user-A168]

Good

[@SudokuGuy]

Thanks

[@amitpandya6827]

Very easy very simple thanks🤗

[@SudokuGuy]

Great. Alwasy something to learn! Hang in there Amit.

[@amitpandya6827]

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[@mikemiles3068]

Good video❗️👍✏️

[@SudokuGuy]

Hi Mike. Just another trick you can use.

[@mikemiles3068]

Sudoku Guy Thanks so much, watched my first Sudoku GUY Video last week, picked up a Sudoku Book and just finished my 24 puzzle ❗️Good Videos❗️👍✅

[@tenzinnamselnamgyal5976]

Hello Robin, I always been very fond of solving soduku and faces tremendous challenges all the time because never knew of any tricks as techniques. And I came across your tutorial and is helping a lot. Going through your videos one by one. From India but TIBETAN (Hope you know TIBET)

[@SudokuGuy]

Wonderful! know tibet and India. learn video by video, There is lots to learn > master the easy puzzles first. So glad you found my site."the most popular site on line to learn sudoku" Please share with others, subscribe and click the bell by the subscribe button. (It’s FREE) Have fun as you learn step by step how to solve. Below is my home page with all the videos listed. kzbin.info/door/d8JaOdfEWcJOtwG6YayW0w

[@tenzinnamselnamgyal5976]

Sudoku Guy Thank you so much.

[@jeanne4281]

Hi Robin, First thank you so much for all your videos , it helped me a lot. I was very happy to show this rectangle pattern in a block technique to my husband who is already quite good and did not know it, but he does not understand why ? For example , why the 3 of the first block cannot be on the first line of the third block ? Would you be nice to explain me the logical reason ? Thank you so much

[@SudokuGuy]

The 3 Has to go on cell 7 of the 3rd block for 3 reasons. Firstly It cannot go in block 1 anywhare and secondly it has to go there because of TMB and thirdly because it is the only place it can go if block 1 has 1,2,3,8 The 3rd row has to have a 1238 in blocks 2 and 3. Hope this helps. Jeanne.

[@WOS1962]

Befor the beginning of solution, I noticed if we turn the grid 180ْ I found a symmetry between block 1 and block 9 and the other blocks. How do use that situation?? Thanks for your quick response 🌹😊

[@SudokuGuy]

Sorry Abdu, I don't understand what you mean. Look at the whole puzzle from beginning to end if you have not done this already.

[@vishwanathdatye1036]

Great friendship

[@SudokuGuy]

Yes. So glad you found my site."the most popular site on line to learn sudoku" Please share with others, subscribe and click the bell by the subscribe button. (It’s FREE) Have fun as you learn step by step how to solve. Below is my home page with all the videos listed. kzbin.info/door/d8JaOdfEWcJOtwG6YayW0w

[@djg5950]

I bought a 10x7" dry erase board and used narrow tape (for crafting and scrape booking) to make one but it's too small. I'm going to buy a bigger one and use permanent markers to draw the outline. After many uses the tape is peeling off on the ends of the grid in places (erasing numbers causes friction). Nothing lost on the board (found at Walmart) it was less than $2 (for that size) and the tape $1 at Dollar Tree. More expensive for the larger ones. $7 - $9 but I'm using it a lot.

[@SudokuGuy]

Good on you for trying. My tape was baught at a ato supply store. It is tape that is used for detailing. My board cost a lot more ...about $4.00

[@djg5950]

@@SudokuGuy I was watching lesson 7. I completed the puzzle before watching the lesson and didn't run into any problems. I thought about using detailing tape but thought that it would be more expensive at an auto parts store so didn't look for it. I just bought 5 rolls of decorative tape for $1. Worked ok up to now (about two weeks and dozens of puzzles later it is peeling off so I'm back to trying something else. I have several "hard" puzzles in a Dell "Totally Pocket Sudoku" (volume 113 if you want to find them) that, so far, I haven't watched a video on how to solve. Working my way up though you lessons (I did watch a, think you called it a "paddle" one, but that was too far advanced at the time that I watched it - about two weeks ago). I've done all the ones in the book that I can (it has 124 puzzles) and I'm trying to learn advanced techniques to complete the rest. Love your videos better than the other guys who show us "how to" because you are easier to follow. I watched one guy solve a NY Times puzzle sent to him by a woman the other day and he did it so fast and had dozens of matching pairs and I was totally lost as to how he noticed them. I would had had to rewind quite a few times to see it so gave up. Thanks for your response.

[@cantugradaskran8581]

Do we have to learn all advenced sudoku techniques for be a pro. If we have what are they and where can i learn them?

[@SudokuGuy]

Hi Tugra, I suggest you look at my advanced lessons 13-25 then tutorials from 20 and up. This will help you to learn new techniques. there is nothing like proctice. It get's to the stage where you have to remember to look for many tricks. If yu look at my tutorials from 40 and up you will see how I solve many difficult puzzles from beginning to the end. This will help you.

[@cantugradaskran8581]

Thank you so much. You are a really good teacher. 😃

[@arundhatichatterjee1329]

Thanks

[@SudokuGuy]

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[@jamesgoacher1606]

It took me a little while to understand your logic of the numbers of the little square being along the other row. You still haven't put that '1' into bottom left square btw :-).

[@SudokuGuy]

Thanks for your comment. Hang in there.

[@guill3978]

The cross meet technique is very similar, no? Instead of looking for cells in which a number can be placed within a 3 by 3 block, you are looking for them within columns or rows.

[@SudokuGuy]

Yes you are right. See other videos.

[@lindahoganson8721]

I would like one that is 8.5” x 11”. Clip board size.

[@SudokuGuy]

Hi Linda Sure you can just change the measurement to make sure the grid has 81 cells.

[@chetthejet3896]

Linda ... Walmart sells a dry eraser board for less then $2. I used the Artist tape 1/4" wide and 1/8" to make the grid. Add the marking to a small piece of wood . To make a consistent layout.

[@barbarastin712]

I had my husband who owns a printing company make one for me at A4 size. He said he could make them any size. I've been using mine for 3 months through Covid lockdown and still going well. Just bought a whiteboard cleaner for when it gets really dirty and it comes up like new. We are in Australia though. You can contact me on [e-mail]

[@dasboototto]

use pinstriping tape on any white board

[@SudokuGuy]

Right !

[@pboneburt612]

It cannot work in every situation.

[@SudokuGuy]

Hi Pbone, Please explain more. thanks.

[@pboneburt612]

Well, may be I missed something in your explanation, but I've just found on one puzzle that I cannot write here but I think I can give you the link here on sudoku9x9.com , when you get there, you type the number of puzzle under the blank grid: (College Level) : #60854956 and on this one you got on the 2nd box on top a 6,3,4 and 1. If I understand well your technique, you go down the 6th column at row 7 and the number there should be 6 and it shows wrong digit when I check with the cpu if everything is ok so far by clicking on the check button and also when I continue the whole puzzle I get stuck. May be I made a mistake but it seemed ok with lcr and tmb and I also noticed that when you have more than one choice on the same row or column, you have to check it out first also .

[@pboneburt612]

@@SudokuGuy Well, I don't know how to send you other wise the puzzle but I will send you the digits one row by one. : On row 1 you got at C1 a 2, and at C9 you got an 8. On row 2 you got at C4 a 6, at C5 a 3 at C9 a 5. On row 3 you got at C4 a 4, at C5 a 1. On row 4 you got at C5 a 9, at C6 a 3, at C8 a 2. On row 5 you got at C2 a 3, at C3 a 7. On row 6 you got at C1 a 8, at C3 a 6, at C7 a 7. On row 7 you got at C1 a 7, at C2 a 1, at C3 a 2. On row 8 you got at C2 a 6, at C4 a 9. On row 9 you got at C5 a 4, at C8 a 7.

[@SudokuGuy]

So sorry Phone Burt. This is not possible ,.. I need a picture of the puzzle. Try copying and pasting it on my sudoku guy facebook.

[@SudokuGuy]

Avoid guessing.