This post is part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) series.
There will be no king’s moves in this Sudoku, so sayeth the rules. What this means is a number cannot share a corner with itself (in addition to all the regular Sudoku rules), ensuring things are more spread out.

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or solve online (using SudokuPad)

Theme: Chess729

Author/Opus: This is the 48th puzzle from Philip Newman, part of the Genuinely Approachable Sudoku (GAS) team.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules (Insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column, or bold region). Also, cells sharing a corner cannot contain the same number (as if adding a chess king’s move constraint to each cell).

GAS Time Standards (highlight to view): Two party hats (🎩🥳): 8:00; One party hat (🥳): 17:00. All other solvers earn a 🦕: Crowned Campylodon.

Thomas Hits the GAS (highlight to view): 2:51, with SudokuPad replay file shared as a download for now (requires loading via settings menu with improvements expected before people should use this regularly).

Solution: PDF; solving video with explanation to be added later from GAS team.

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