The Mindset That Makes “Solving Sudoku” MUCH Easier - SHC 238

In The Mindset That Makes “Solving Sudoku” MUCH Easier - SHC 238 by Smart Hobbies, I will show you how to solve the Puzzle 22 of Enthralling Sudoku Vol. 2 by adopting a mindset that makes solving Sudoku much easier. I show you 3 tips on how to adopt an expert solving mindset. I show you how to play Sudoku better and how to solve Sudoku faster. I solve this puzzle logically and explain all the expert Sudoku tricks, Sudoku techniques, and Sudoku strategies as I apply them to the Sudoku game. Thank you Ashish Kumar for permission to feature your puzzles on my channel.
I used the software program CTC App for this solving video. Puzzle link:
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Strategies demonstrated in this video:
Hidden Single
Naked Single
Full House
Hidden Pair
Naked Pair
Claiming Pair
Pointing Pair
Naked Triple
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
00:24 It’s Solving Time
00:44 Puzzle Story
01:13 Snyder Notation
02:21 Mindset Tip #1
03:19 Solving The First Cell
04:30 Finding The Next Pair
07:15 Mindset Tip #2
10:35 Solving The Green Cell
11:34 BONUS Tip
12:25 Neat Naked Triple Trick
12:55 Mindset Tip #3
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[@SmartHobbies]

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[@JohnRandomness105]

I went slow and steady as usual. A few digits had the slot-machine distribution, and 5s gave me a finned swordfish -- it allowed me to cornermark three 5s in a block rather than four, but was probably otherwise useless. In fact my second digit, an 8 in R5C8 was placed right where the 5 was removed, thanks to the first quad, 2348 in column 7. (My first digit was 5 in R3C4, thanks to a 24 pair in the row.) The green cell is one of a 19 pair, thanks to the first quad. It eventually became 9. 3:40 I got that 19 pair backwards. I was following my usual stuck routine, filling out blocks. After filling out blocks 3, 6, and 9, I tried an empty cell in block 1, R3C3. It gave me 42, which paired with 42 in R3C7. (I didn't spot the 2348 quad in column 7 until right after, even though it was visible before.) That quad gave me the 19 pair. I think that one of my major problems is missing something that is there, until I see it later than I could have. The 9 in block 3 that resolved the 19 pair, the lone 6 after placing 5 in block 9, and the quad in column 7, are all examples. 15:30 I wouldn't have been stuck there. I would have attacked the three bottom rows, with two, three, or four available cells in each.

[@SmartHobbies]

Thank you for your feedback and insights as always, John 😎

[@eugenetswong]

Wow! So, after you explained the 19 in box 9, I tried that for the other 8 boxes, and I'm amazed at how many new pairs I can find. Puzzles seem so much more accessible now. Thank you!

[@SmartHobbies]

You are welcome and sounds like you are reaching a level of proficiency in your solving. Keep it up!

[@eugenetswong]

@@SmartHobbies Thanks!

[@georgesthibaudeau1533]

Mr. Kumar has a way to cause me to become a bit disorientd, but then you find a couple of areas of anchors for some digits and you begin to understand the dynamics at play. Here I started on the left side and got some mileage thanks to the fact that there needed in block 1 to be a 6 and 8 up or down with cell r3c1 being a 68. I should have taken a better look at the right side earlier, because then the 19 remote pair along col 7 immediately gets you going. With all the restrictions I had figured out at that point, the rest of the puzzle went fairly well: 18 and a half minutes notation free, and a whole lot of fun. Good demo, and thanks for coming up with another superb puzzle.

[@SmartHobbies]

I’m glad you liked it Georges. I’ve really enjoyed the puzzles from this book, and I will admit some of them get me stuck for a while.

[@fabianminimal]

Still struggle a bit with hidden pairs, but getting more consistent at finding them now.

[@fabianminimal]

BTW I did find the 24 naked pair first, before the hidden 19 that I found much later in the solve.

[@SmartHobbies]

I am so glad to hear that. Nice job finding that 24 pair first. It was one of the key points of the solve.

[@eugenetswong]

Fabian, I think the trick to finding some hidden pairs is to use digit in a block to clear out 3 cells in a row, and then try to clear out the other cells in the row. Then use that same block and digits to do the same in the overlapping columns. In other words, do what he did for the 19 pair in other blocks, rows, and cells. It's a lot easier than it sounds. You just have to get into a routine. Finding hidden pairs is the hardest of the easy challenges for me.

[@eugenetswong]

I think that an easier way of thinking about this is that each given digit eliminates the candidates in the other 2 rows and 2 columns that overlap in that house. For example, 19 is eliminated from the other cells in block 9, and we should try to eliminate 1s & 9s in column 7, then 1s in column 9, & 9s in columnn 1. Then we do the same for rows 7, 8, & 9. Therefore, our strategy and routine, should naturally involve doing the same for all blocks and overlapping rows and columns. I really love Sudoku again.

[@Ratzfaz]

The first thing i spottet was the 678 chocolate teapot tripple in row 3

[@SmartHobbies]

I love the chocolate teapot reference for that useless triple. 👍🏻

[@anaayoung9142]

In this one I need your help to find the 19 and 24 pair, then I finish by myself. Thank you!

[@SmartHobbies]

Great job! Thank you for sharing that. Have you solved any of Anish’s puzzles before?

[@anaayoung9142]

@@SmartHobbies Maybe, I can't remember many of the creators names, sorry.

[@AnonimityAssured]

A lovely grid, with a slightly tricky break-in but a very natural continuation (34 = row 3 column 4): 34 (hidden single, owing to pair in row), 22, 91, 88, 56, 68, 79, 18, 31, 85, 73, 98, 58, 36, 95, 94, 39, 87, 53, 27, 19, 23, 57, 64, 54, 62, 13, 25, 77, 82, 11, 33, 83, 28, 37, 99, 97, 92, 86, 71, 96, 14, 74, 24, 12, 76, 65, 68, 61, 48, 55, 52, 42, 59, 49, 51, 41, 16, 15, 46, 45. I imagine you've heard the sad news that Niels Malte Christensen has decided to stop making KZbin videos.

[@SmartHobbies]

A video came up in my feed saying “final Sudoku solve.” I am sorry to hear that. Did he give a reason?

[@AnonimityAssured]

@@SmartHobbies Well, he said that he has become bored with the NYT Hard Sudokus, which have always been his most popular, but which are often too predictable. (I have to agree with him that they are almost formulaic on most days, and only rarely do they surprise us.) He also said that making regular videos is time-consuming, and that he has been neglecting other activities. I really wish he had decided to reduce his output without abandoning it altogether. I still hope that he will find the odd gem that he deems worthy of recording, but I suspect he might be too proud to relax his resolve even slightly. He'll be missed by a small but loyal band of followers.

[@SmartHobbies]

@@AnonimityAssured I appreciated his style for sure. I’ve seen others like Swami quit because the money you can make is not worth the effort. For a niche audience like Sudoku, you really have to do it because it’s your passion.