Klondike (draw 3), deal #7

Deal #7 is one of the harder deals in this series. Our solver won it in a line of 90 moves, so it can certainly be won.

Notes on this deal

• Watch column 6: an Ace waits there under 4 cards.
• On the first pass through the stock you can reach 8 cards, none of them an Ace. The rhythm will have to change before the Aces turn up.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 9 of 52 cards home.
• Only 2 useful moves are open at the start, so the first decision matters.
• The solver's line turns the stock 50 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	6♣	column 6	7♥, column 1
2	9♥	column 7	10♣, column 4
3	Turn the stock 4 times
4	8♦	waste	9♠, column 5
5	Turn the stock 4 times
6	Turn the waste back over

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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