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Equality Cages 129: Checkmate? Stalemate!

(Published on 31. March 2024, 23:07 by gUBBLOR)

gdc created a few puzzles with chess lines that I absolutely loved, and I've wanted to combine them with Equality Cages since. Minor Pieces and Chess Lines is definitely worth giving a go. Massive thanks to cornish-john for their help in making the solve smoother, and to gdc for making it look the part. The previous and next puzzle in the series:
Equality Cages 128: Nabnerification
Equality Cages 130 x Shifter Lines 115: Crosshair

All my series:
Equality Cages
EquaLite Cages
Shifter Lines
Shifter Dots



Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.

Equality cages: Cages must have an equal number of low (1,2,3,4) and high (6,7,8,9) digits AND an equal number of even (2,4,6,8) and odd (1,3,7,9) digits. Equality cages can never contain 5. Digits may not repeat in a cage.

Kropki dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. Not all dots are shown.

Chess lines: Adjacent digits on a line must form a valid chess move by the indicated piece on a 3x3 numpad. Some examples of a given digit and all valid candidates for cells next to it on the line:
‍ ‍ - Knight (box 1+9): 3➔48, 7➔26
‍ ‍ - King (box 2): 1➔425, 8➔74569
‍ ‍ - Bishop (box 3+7): 2➔46, 7➔53
‍ ‍ - Rook (box 4): 5➔2468, 9➔7863
‍ ‍ - Pawn (box 6): 6➔39, 7➔4, 2➔5
‍ ‍ - Queen (box 8): 3➔125679, 4➔785612

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Video featuring the puzzle:
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Solution code: Row 7 left to right and column 8 top to bottom - no spaces.

Last changed on on 1. July 2024, 12:22

Solved by linl33, SKORP17, cornish-john, Woody03130, Jasura, isajo4002, agueybana, Tompzini, seh_bas, SPring, EFlatMinor, glum_hippo, DiMono, fahmisack, NEWS, humaLautema, duckling, geronimo92, radium, Horoshamu, Blaimi, elloschmello, PippoForte
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on 1. July 2024, 12:20 by gUBBLOR
Added video link to the puzzle being solved

on 9. April 2024, 10:25 by gUBBLOR
Added links

Difficulty:3
Rating:72 %
Solved:23 times
Observed:6 times
ID:000HIC

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