Klondike (draw 3), deal #15

Rated gentle, deal #15 is one of the easier deals in this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 119 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 7: an Ace waits there under 5 cards.
• On the first pass through the stock you can reach 8 cards, and 1 of them is an Ace.
• Simply playing the most promising move each time wins this deal, so it makes a good warm-up.
• 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 68 times.

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 times
2	9♥	waste	10♣, column 4
3	8♣	column 5	9♥, column 4
4	Turn the stock 6 times
5	5♦	waste	6♣, column 7
6	4♠	column 3	5♦, column 7

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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