Scorpion, deal #12

Rated gentle, deal #12 is one of the easier deals in this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 50 moves.

Notes on this deal

• A King already sits at the head of a column, so that column never needs emptying.
• One King is face down. A buried King can only leave for an empty column, so expect to make room for it.
• Simply playing the most promising move each time wins this deal, so it makes a good warm-up.
• At one point the solver moves a run of 15 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♥ +1	column 2	7♥, column 1
2	7♣	column 4	8♣, column 3
3	3♦ +4	column 5	4♦, column 4
4	2♥ +4	column 3	3♥, column 5
5	10♠	column 3	J♠, column 7
6	A♣	column 2	2♣, column 3

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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