Sudoku Puzzles

Happy Christmas Kevin!

Hello KATE.
Many thanks for your greeting to Kevin,It is true ,It was the Christmas time, but It is good chace to find his photo here Today as It is"Palm Sunday"in our area and next Sunday our "Eastern"to give him and his family my best wishes .
Have a very nice time to you and all of you.

Christmas in April! Looks like he's enjoying the moment!
Have a great Palm Sunday and Happy Easter, Wagdy.

A path to solve this one
Start at 22
Basic techniques UP29
Note : pair 57 at h12 & pair 12 at a5c4, triple 345 at d12e1
1) (6)c78=(6)c6 – (hp46)eh6=(7)e6 – (7)e7=(7-8)d7=(8)c7 – (8=9)c3 – (9)b2=(9)b8 => b8<>6
Locked 6’s c78 => c6<>6 => pair 38 at cg6 => More...

16:14

to all of you.

Happy Easter to you and your family, Wagdy.

20:27

For Kevin, I bet opening the presents was more fun than what was inside.

I could not get less depth than 7, like ttt:
1) 22 givens up 26
2) (hp57)h12 => (57)h12 => up 29
3a) (nt 345)d12e1 => d12,e1<>79
3b)(7)a13=>b2<>7
3c)(3)c6=(3)b56-(3=9)b2-(9=8)c3-(8)c7=(8-7)d7=(7)e7-(7= pair46)eh6 => c6<>68
=> up 34
4a) (1): More...

3a is a hidden triple (ht) not naked triple (nt)
4d involves treating the four possible locations for candidate 6 in column d in three groups, all of which prevent (8)d7

Hi Kevin.

Hi Steve,
Wow… very nice solution!
For step 3c, I didn’t see chain “pause” at c3 to forbids c6<>8. Step 4d : one of Advanced chains that I'll try to find later…
BTW, after your step 4b maybe UP39…

Thanks ttt.
I should have noted the "pause". Thanks for catching it.
After 4b, if one uses Locked 1s r2box1, then indeed UP39.
Step 4d has a key for finding it: The almost W Wing using candidates 68.(In my blog I call the W Wing a Very Common Y Wing style - a name too long!)

I love presents and I bet Kevin does too.