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Step #1: Review What Changed After Your Last Move You know several Sudoku techniques, but you’re stuck deciding which one to try. Should you scan again, study your pencil marks, or search for a more advanced pattern? Start with what the puzzle is showing you. You don’t need to force a particular technique into every…

You solve Sudoku regularly, but you still get stuck in familiar places. Harder puzzles feel just as difficult as before, and you keep wondering what you’re missing. It can be frustrating to practice without seeing the progress you expected. Before deciding you’ve reached your limit, though, take a closer look at how you practice. Finishing…

This video was posted on Oct 6th during Sudoku Week 2020. Transcript below. Hi, Chad Barker, your Sudoku professor. And today I’m bringing you a puzzle that Algie Seat is stuck on. This is it right here. This is from I think it’s a book of puzzles called Grab and Go. I’m familiar with, I’ve…

This video was posted on Oct 7th during Sudoku Week 2020. Transcript below. So this is Fred Hall’s third question that he asks, and he’s asking it regarding the Senior 405 lesson number one puzzle here. This is on the Club-exclusive 3-box 3-corners method. And it’s not specifically about the technique. It’s about how do…

This was recorded during Sudoku Week 2020 on October 6th. Transcript below. Hey everybody. Welcome to our final session on our marathon question and answer today where we’re answering, “Should you Pencil Mark your Sudoku Puzzles?” A lot of controversy related to that. So we are in the middle of Sudoku week and all this…

This was recorded during Sudoku Week 2020 on October 6th. Transcript below. Hey everybody. Welcome back, today we’re going to talk about the subject of whether or not handcrafted Sudoku puzzles are better than those computer generated ones. So let’s dive into that real quick here. So we got a question from somebody and honestly,…

This was recorded during Sudoku Week 2020 on October 6th. Transcript below. Hey there everybody. It is Sudoku week here with Sudoku Professor and we are celebrating all things Sudoku all week long, doing all these videos to help you become better at Sudoku, solve more Sudoku and just have a lot more fun solving…

This was recorded during Sudoku Week 2020 on October 6th. Transcript below. Hey, everybody. We’re back answering questions that you have sent in. And today I am going to, or this session here, I’m going to answer a question. At least I’m gonna answer half of the question that Metallicaddict#1 asked. He says “what do…

This was recorded during Sudoku Week 2020 on October 6th. Transcript below. Hey everybody. Welcome back. It is time now to do another myth busters about “Do you have to be a genius or to be really smart in order to solve Sudoku?” This is going to continue on our last myth busters before. But…

 Hey everybody. This is Chad Barker, your Sudoku professor. This video that you’re about to watch is an excerpt from an Insider’s Club Webinar that we did after we released the linked double-doubles technique, which is part of our master’s level course. On this webinar with me is Brian Garman, who is a top…