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

This 7×7 board rates as easy (difficulty score 780). Solving it from scratch takes 11 logical steps, using 6 techniques: Single cell, Row/column exclusion, Adjacency clear, Line confinement, Paired regions, Shape squeeze. Every step below is forced: nothing here is a guess.

1. First, together, two regions have open cells only in rows 6 and 7; with one marker each, those two markers have to fill exactly those two rows, so every other region's open cells there can be cleared.
2. Next, every open cell in column G 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.
3. Then, together, two regions have open cells only in rows 4 and 5; with one marker each, those two markers have to fill exactly those two rows, so every other region's open cells there can be cleared.
4. After that, every remaining candidate in this region touches F2, so whichever candidate ends up marked will clear it, and it can be ruled out now regardless of which one wins.
5. Now, place a marker at F5. Column 6 has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 5, column F, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
6. From there, place a marker at B4. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 4, column B, and its region. Placing here also clears its 2 touching neighbours.
7. Following that, place a marker at C6. Row 6 has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 6, column C, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
8. First, place a marker at E7. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 7, column E, and its region.
9. Next, place a marker at D1. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 1, column D, and its region.
10. Then, place a marker at A2. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 2, column A, and its region.
11. Finally, place a marker at G3. Region has exactly one open cell left.

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