Scorpion, deal #11

Deal #11 is one of the harder deals in this series. Our solver won it in a line of 52 moves, so it can certainly be won.

Notes on this deal

• One King is face down. A buried King can only leave for an empty column, so expect to make room for it.
• One same-suit pair already lies in order.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 0 of 52 cards home.
• At one point the solver moves a run of 14 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♦ +3	column 4	7♦, column 1
2	6♣ +4	column 6	7♣, column 7
3	3♦	column 4	4♦, column 6
4	2♦ +3	column 5	3♦, column 6
5	9♥ +2	column 7	10♥, column 1
6	3♣	column 4	4♣, column 7

Scorpion in a nutshell

Build down in suit; any face-up card moves with everything on it, and only Kings go into empty columns. Finished King-to-Ace runs leave the table. The three stock cards are dealt once.

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