{"format":"murdoku-puzzle/1","id":"sunday-pizza","iconSet":"catalogue","version":1,"difficulty":"easy","level":3,"size":{"rows":6,"cols":6},"languages":["en","hu","de","fr","es","it","nl","pl","pt","ro","ca","cs","fi","vi","tr","el","ru","uk","ar","ko","ja","zh-Hans","zh-Hant"],"defaultLanguage":"en","title":"Sonntagabend-Pizza","tagline":"Neapel, Sonntagnacht · eine Familienpizzeria in der Altstadt · letzte Bestellungen und eine unbezahlte Mehlrechnung","author":"mathace","concept":"Murdoku – Manuel Garand (murdoku.com); unofficial fan-made case","created":"2026-10-19","story":"Altstadt von Neapel, Via dei Tribunali: eine kleine Familienpizzeria, Sonntag spät abends. Valentino, der Mehllieferant, kam, um seine Rechnung zu begleichen, und sagte so laut, dass man es auf der Terrasse hörte, jemand verkaufe hinter dem Rücken der Familie seine Mehlsäcke weiter. Eine halbe Stunde später stand sein Roller noch an der Terrasse, er selbst war verschwunden. Man fand ihn tot. Die Rechnung blieb unbezahlt.","rules":{"standard":["In jeder <b>Zeile</b> und jeder <b>Spalte</b> ist genau <b>eine Person</b>. Sobald du jemanden platzierst, streiche seine ganze Zeile und Spalte durch.","<b>„Neben“</b> = direkt links, rechts, darüber oder darunter, und <b>im selben Bereich</b>. Felder mit Gegenständen (der Sonnenschirm, die Tische, die Theke, die Kiste, das Regal, der Pizzakarton, das Spülbecken und der Pizzaofen) können nicht besetzt werden; die Bank, der Stuhl und der Hocker schon.","Richtungen beziehen sich auf Zeilen und Spalten, nicht auf dieselbe Linie: <i>„genau eine Zeile nördlich von ihm war ein Gast“</i> = die Person in der Zeile direkt darüber war ein Gast, in beliebiger Spalte; <i>„die nördlichste Person in ihrem Bereich“</i> = niemand sonst in ihrem Bereich war in einer weiter oben liegenden Zeile.","Der Mörder war <b>allein mit dem Opfer</b>: Niemand sonst war in diesem Bereich. 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The stool is at R1C6 in the Bar, and the only other Bar square next to it is the counter at R2C6, which nobody can occupy: <b>Brunella is at R1C5.</b> Row 1 and column 5 are hers, so Ettore, who was beside the chair at R2C4 in the Dining Room, loses R1C4 (row 1) and R2C5 (column 5); the table at R2C3 is no place for anyone, so only R3C4 remains: <b>Ettore is at R3C4.</b> Assunta had the sink (R5C2) in her column, so she is in column 2, and not in the Dining Room (R2C2). The umbrella (R1C2), the sink and the shelf (R6C2) cannot be occupied, and R3C2 lies in Ettore's row: <b>Assunta is at R4C2.</b>"},{"place":[],"cand":{"C":[[2,1],[5,1],[5,3]],"D":[[2,1],[5,1],[5,3],[5,6]],"V":[[6,1],[6,3]]},"text":"Rows 2, 5 and 6 and columns 1, 3 and 6 are still open, and row 6 needs somebody. Three people are left: Ciro, Doriana and Valentino. Ciro was not in a corner of his area, and the free squares of row 6 are R6C1 and R6C3, both corners of the Store Room (R6C6 is the oven): Ciro cannot be in row 6. Doriana had a woman exactly one row north of her, so in row 6 the woman would have to be in row 5 – and no woman can be there: Assunta and Brunella are already placed in rows 4 and 1, and Ciro and Valentino are men. So Doriana is not in row 6 either, and R6C1 and R6C3 drop out for her. Only Valentino can be in row 6, at R6C1 or R6C3, which means his other squares are gone: R2C1, R5C1, R5C3 and R5C6."},{"place":["D","C"],"cand":{"V":[[6,3]]},"text":"Column 6 needs somebody too, and its open squares are R2C6 (the counter), R5C6 and R6C6 (the oven). Valentino is in row 6, so he cannot be there, and Ciro was not in a corner of his area – R5C6 is a corner of the Kitchen. So only Doriana can be in column 6, and R5C6 is her single square there: <b>Doriana is at R5C6.</b> Row 5 is hers now, so Ciro loses R5C1 and R5C3 and keeps only R2C1 on the Terrace: <b>Ciro is at R2C1.</b>"},{"place":["V"],"cand":{},"text":"Valentino is at R6C1 or R6C3, and column 1 is Ciro's now: <b>Valentino is at R6C3.</b>"},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Assunta was alone with Valentino in the Store Room – the owner who had been quietly reselling his sacks of flour behind the family's back, and could not let him say so out loud. <b>Assunta is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["bench","chair","stool"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-19"},"score":5.1218}