Sudoku Variants Series (156) - MaxAscending Sudoku
(Published on 22. November 2016, 00:00 by Richard)
MaxAscending Sudoku
Solve online in F-Puzzles (thx bbutrosghali!)
Place the digits from 1 tot 9 in every row, column and 3x3-block. Clues outside the grid indicate the length of the longest series of ascending digits in the corresponding direction.
Solution code: Row 7, followed by column 9
Comments
on 14. August 2024, 19:13 by Hydalin
Wow, this has been one of the hardest puzzles for me in this series so far. Took me several tries and a couple of hours in the successful one. But I can say: There is always a deduction available and no guessing required ;)
on 10. August 2022, 05:44 by Richard
Added link and tag for online solving. Thx bbutrosghali!
on 4. January 2022, 20:13 by Tintenklexs
I can't put my finger on why, but something about this Sudoku felt just beautiful, almost like art. Enjoyed solving it so much. One of your best!
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Reply:
That is very nice of you!
Personally, I don't think it's the most interesting of this type. This is the first one I have ever written, and I feel it is very much 'overclued'. Later I have made a few more that were more 'build up'. In the Dutch Sudoku Championship 2019 was one with much less clues. You can find it here if you might be interested in solving another one:
https://www.wcpn.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/NKS-2019-Ronde-2-Gemengd.pdf
on 19. July 2021, 17:05 by bbutrosghali
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yjqar6se
on 8. December 2016, 09:50 by ffricke
Hier habe ich mindestens drei Anläufe gebraucht. Ich hab die steigenden Folgen zwingend an Stellen gesehen, obwohl es noch andere Möglichkeiten gab. Wirklich tricky und sehr schön
on 3. December 2016, 10:48 by Mody
Danke, der Knoten bei Spalte 6 hat sich beim Lesen Deiner Antwort gelöst :)
on 3. December 2016, 09:12 by Statistica
Hi Mody, nur die erste Möglichkeit. Die Ziffern müssen hintereinander stehen, ohne Lücken.
on 3. December 2016, 08:47 by Mody
Mir ist nicht ganz klar, was mit "steigender Folge" gemeint ist.
Bei einer Reihe mit diesen Zahlen und dem linken Hinweis "3":
139475286
Ist dann "139" oder "4x5xx6" eine steigende Folge mit drei Ziffern?
on 30. November 2016, 07:40 by AnnaTh
This was a tough one for me.
on 28. November 2016, 19:18 by flaemmchen
Noch nie ist mir ein "Dienstag-Sudoku" so schwer gefallen wie dieses hier ... keine Ahnung warum ...
on 22. November 2016, 15:01 by Richard
@Statistica: thanks, and you are right about the number of hints. Like it is now, it might even be confusing.
on 22. November 2016, 14:57 by Statistica
Very nice, but I think it's not necessary to give all 36 hints!?
on 22. November 2016, 10:32 by dm_litv
Very interesting and unusual logic.
