Mirrored from Sudopedia, the Free Sudoku Reference Guide
k9 is a system to identify cells using the row letters and column numbers as coordinates.
The letters i and j are skipped to avoid confusion with digit 1.
Here are all 81 cells in a grid with their k9 identifiers:
+------------+------------+------------+ | a1 a2 a3 | a4 a5 a6 | a7 a8 a9 | | b1 b2 b3 | b4 b5 b6 | b7 b8 b9 | | c1 c2 c3 | c4 c5 c6 | c7 c8 c9 | +------------+------------+------------+ | d1 d2 d3 | d4 d5 d6 | d7 d8 d9 | | e1 e2 e3 | e4 e5 e6 | e7 e8 e9 | | f1 f2 f3 | f4 f5 f6 | f7 f8 f9 | +------------+------------+------------+ | g1 g2 g3 | g4 g5 g6 | g7 g8 g9 | | h1 h2 h3 | h4 h5 h6 | h7 h8 h9 | | k1 k2 k3 | k4 k5 k6 | k7 k8 k9 | +------------+------------+------------+