Forty Thieves, deal #5

Deal #5 is rated testing, one of the harder deals in this series, judged from its layout. Forty Thieves deals are beyond our solver, so this one is not checked.

Notes on this deal

• One same-suit pair already lies in order.
• This deal punishes autopilot. A test play of the obvious moves gets just 19 of 104 cards home before it is stuck.
• Only 2 useful moves are open at the start, so the first decision matters.

Forty Thieves in a nutshell

Two packs. Build eight foundations by suit from Ace and the ten columns down in suit, one card at a time. Any card fills an empty column, and the stock is turned only once.

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