An Easy 7×7 Puzzle Solved with Shape Squeeze in 11 Steps

This 7×7 board rates as easy (difficulty score 774). Solving it from scratch takes 11 logical steps, using 7 techniques: Single cell, Row/column exclusion, Adjacency clear, Region confinement, Line confinement, Paired regions, Shape squeeze. Every step below is forced: nothing here is a guess.

1. First, every open cell in column A belongs to the same region, so that region's marker has to be somewhere in this column; that clears every other open cell in the region.
2. Next, together, two regions have open cells only in columns G and F; with one marker each, those two markers have to fill exactly those two columns, so every other region's open cells there can be cleared.
3. Then, every open cell left in this region sits in column E, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the column.
4. After that, place a marker at D2. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 2, column D, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
5. Now, place a marker at G1. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 1, column G, and its region.
6. From there, place a marker at F3. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 3, column F, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
7. Following that, place a marker at C4. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 4, column C, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
8. First, every remaining candidate in this region touches B6, so whichever candidate ends up marked will clear it, and it can be ruled out now regardless of which one wins.
9. Next, place a marker at B7. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 7, column B, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
10. Then, place a marker at A5. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 5, column A, and its region.
11. Finally, place a marker at E6. Region has exactly one open cell left.

The key move here was Shape squeeze. Once you can spot that, this board falls quickly. ∎