Canfield (draw 3), deal #20

This Canfield deal is rated gentle: one of the easier deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 119 moves.

Notes on this deal

• The reserve starts with 8♥ on top.
• Simply playing the most promising move each time wins this deal, so it makes a good warm-up.
• Only 0 useful moves are open at the start, so the first decision matters.
• The solver's line turns the stock 78 times.
• At one point the solver moves a run of 5 cards in one go.

Stuck? The solver's first moves

These are the first moves of the solver's winning line, with automatic moves to the foundations switched on.

#	Card	From	To
1	Turn the stock
2	6♣	waste	7♥, column 3
3	Turn the stock 4 times
4	5♦	column 2	6♣, column 3
5	5♣	waste	6♥, column 2
6	3♦	waste	foundation

Canfield in a nutshell

The first foundation card sets the base rank. Build the foundations up by suit from it, wrapping from King to Ace, and the four columns down in alternating colours. The reserve refills empty columns.

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