Klondike (draw 1), deal #11

Deal #11 is a middling deal for this series. Our solver won it in a line of 101 moves, so it can certainly be won.

Notes on this deal

• One Ace is buried four or more cards deep: column 6 holds it under 4 cards. Dig there early.
• A test play of the most promising moves gets 17 of 52 cards home before it stalls; the rest needs planning.
• Only one useful move is open at the start, so the opening plays itself; the thinking starts after it.
• The solver's line turns the stock 54 times.
• At one point the solver moves a run of 7 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♦	column 5	7♣, column 3
3	2♠	column 5	3♦, column 6
4	Turn the stock 2 times
5	9♠	waste	10♦, column 7
6	Turn the stock

Klondike in a nutshell

Build four foundations by suit from Ace to King. In the seven columns build down in alternating colours, move ordered runs together and fill empty columns only with Kings. Turn the stock as often as you like.

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