Klondike (draw 1), deal #12

This Klondike deal is rated steady: a middling deal for this series. The solver found a winning line of 119 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 1 Ace lies uncovered at the end of a column, ready to go home with your first move.
• A King already sits at the head of a column, so that column never needs emptying.
• 3 Kings are face down. Buried Kings can only leave for an empty column; plan for the space they will need.
• Simply playing the most promising move each time wins this deal, so it makes a good warm-up.
• The solver's line turns the stock 83 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 3	9♥, column 2
2	7♦	column 6	8♣, column 2
3	9♠	column 4	10♥, column 6
4	6♠	column 7	7♦, column 2
5	5♦	column 7	6♠, column 2
6	3♣	column 7	foundation

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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