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d4 = 12. d9 = 127.
On row d 1 and 2 occur only in cells d4 and d9.
So these two cells monopolize 1 and 2
and so d9 cannot be 7.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
.---------.---------.---------..---------.---------.---------..---------.---------.---------.
a |123 | | 23 ||123 5 | | || |1 5 | | a
b | | | || |12 4 |12 5 ||12 45 | |12 45 | b
c |123 | | ||1234 6 |12 4 6 |123 || |1 4 | | c
|---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------|
d | 67 | 6 9| 7 9||12 | | || | |12 7 | d
e | 3 5 8 | | 3 8 || |1 8 | ||1 45 | |1 45 | e
f | 5 78 | | || | | 2 8 || 2 5 | | 2 5 7 | f
|---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------++---------+---------+---------|
g | 2 5678 | 56 | || 23456 | 2 4 678 | 23 5 8 || | 45 7 | 345 7 | g
h | 2 5 7 | | 2 7 ||12 45 |12 4 7 | || |1 45 7 | | h
i | | 56 9| 789||1 3 56 |1 678 |1 3 5 8 ||1 5 | |1 3 5 7 | i
'---------'---------'---------''---------'---------'---------''---------'---------'---------'
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
This deduction occurs very rarely.
At this point I cannot see anything to do, so I would guess.
Can you see what to do?
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