FreeCell, deal #17

Rated steady, deal #17 is a middling deal for this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 63 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 1 Ace lies uncovered at the end of a column, ready to go home with your first move.
• 2 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 3, under 5 cards. Plan how to reach it before anything else.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 9 of 52 cards home.
• The solver's line parks a card in a free cell 8 times and fills an empty column 10 times.
• At one point the solver moves a run of 8 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	8♠	column 7	9♥, column 5
2	3♣	column 6	foundation
3	9♣	column 4	10♦, column 2
4	6♥	column 1	free cell
5	6♣	column 1	free cell
6	2♥	column 3	free cell

FreeCell in a nutshell

All cards are face up. Build the foundations by suit from Ace, build the eight columns down in alternating colours, and use the four free cells to hold one card each. Any card may fill an empty column.

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