Klondike (draw 3), deal #3

Deal #3 is one of the harder deals in this series. Our solver won it in a line of 109 moves, so it can certainly be won.

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.
• A King already sits at the head of a column, so that column never needs emptying.
• Obvious moves take you some of the way, 20 of 52 cards home, and then the deal asks for a plan.
• 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	3♦	column 3	foundation
3	10♣	column 6	J♦, column 1
4	9♥	column 3	10♣, column 1
5	K♣	column 7	empty column 3
6	8♦	column 5	9♣, 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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