Scorpion, deal #3

Deal #3 is one of the easier 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.
• 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 16 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	5♦ +1	column 3	6♦, column 1
2	9♠ +4	column 5	10♠, column 2
3	10♦ +1	column 4	J♦, column 5
4	A♠ +8	column 2	2♠, column 4
5	J♦ +2	column 5	Q♦, column 4
6	2♠ +12	column 4	3♠, column 5

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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