FreeCell, deal #27

Rated steady, deal #27 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.
• Watch column 1: an Ace waits there under 6 cards.
• This deal punishes autopilot. A test play of the obvious moves gets just 5 of 52 cards home before it is stuck.
• The solver's line parks a card in a free cell 13 times and fills an empty column 7 times.
• At one point the solver moves a run of 10 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	J♣	column 3	free cell
2	9♠	column 5	10♦, column 1
3	6♥	column 2	free cell
4	2♥	column 5	3♣, column 2
5	3♥	column 5	4♣, column 7
6	9♣	column 5	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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