Author: 真笑(洪卫华), from China, this question comes from his personal blog.
Chaos Construction--ZhangYi
This puzzle is a variant of a Wall Sudoku puzzle. Chaos Construction--ZhangYi004.
1.Divide the grid into orthogonally connected regions and write a number from 1 to 9 in each cell, such that every row, column and region contains every number from 1 to 9 exactly once;
2.Draw a white dot between all orthogonally adjacent cells of the same region that contain consecutive numbers. Some of these dots are already given;
3.Each given clue in the grid consists of two digits in ascending order. One digit corresponds to the number of cells plus the number of white dots seen in its row. The other digit corresponds to the number of cells plus the number of white dots seen in its column. The clue cell itself is included (in both counts). All possible white dots are counted, whether given or not. Region borders obstruct the view. Further, one of the digits of the clue must correspond to the digit in the cell with the clue;
4.All possible number clues are given.In the sample, R1C6 (14) indicates R1C6 = 1or4, and that the horizontal visible 4 cells, and the vertical direction visible 1 cell, where in the horizontal visible cells includes a white dot that is not marked.
Click enter Penpa+Thanks Steven R.
Zhang Yi (?-AD 309 BC) , a native of Anyi, Wei (Zhangyi village, Wangxian Township, Wanrong County, Shanxi Province) . The famous strategists, diplomats and strategists in the Warring States period.
Solution code: Row 7, Row 8.
on 18. March 2022, 01:40 by SudokuExplorer
Excellent CC series! Thanks for sharing them :-)
on 15. March 2022, 10:15 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice, one of the best in the series. 4 stars difficulty in my opinion.
on 14. March 2022, 12:54 by MathMan
Very nice!! Starts easy then gets a bit trickier.
on 14. March 2022, 01:57 by Piatato
Really nice puzzle! It flowed very well for me, and only felt like 4/5 after having solved the previous puzzles. :-)
on 13. March 2022, 09:40 by kolot
I enjoy this series of puzzles. They are fun.
on 13. March 2022, 03:30 by cdwg2000
Added penpa+ short link,Thanks Steven R.
on 13. March 2022, 03:19 by Steven R
Short link: https://tinyurl.com/te7wck8a