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Difficulty: Expert Tuesday, July 1, 2014

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CHAT LOG for Tuesday, July 1, 2014

12:43 am
WHB

Done
4:03 am
MrOoijer

3 guesses
5:41 am
angieplumptit

Ahhh...a tandem virtual move. I didn't notice at first.
5:52 am
tincup

done... not bad
10:00 am
zoomzoom

Done.
10:57 am
Werner

Done...actually rather bad
11:19 am
helenkeller

go
11:30 am
UnikeTheHunter

I get the feeling Angie is mocking my terminology. Anybody else have a problem with "tandem virtual" or "bent unique rectangle?"
11:33 am
janetb50

I have to admit that I have no idea what either term means. I also know that I could search and find an explanation online. Whether my poor brain would be able to use the information is another question!
11:34 am
helenkeller

done
12:46 pm
Doll414

go
1:19 pm
Doll414

done, with greens
1:19 pm
jeannana

HAPPY BIRTHDAY< CANADA! I love you.
1:23 pm
jeannana

I have a feeling Angie may , in fact, be "bent unique rectangle !
1:24 pm
jeannana

INSERT a AFTER be
1:35 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Explanations: A "virtual" is when, for example, you know what row within a block a number goes, but you don't know which cell in that row. So the "virtual" blocks numbers from that row in other blocks just as a number would.
A "bent unique rectangle" is a unique rectangle with a "reflecting pair" (aka "diagonal pair") that bends it. The following is disallowed, if you can interpret the notation, for the same reason a rectangle of all paired corners is disallowed.
(1,3) (1,3)
..... .....
..... .....
(1,3) ..... ..... ..... (1,3)
..... (1,3) ..... ..... (1,3)
5:37 pm
sprite

I appreciate your explanations, Unike :)
7:58 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Did it, no green, one nap, one unlucky guess. Nothing fancy.
11:09 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Oh, I forgot to say what "tandem virtual" means. That's when one virtual sets up a second virtual.