Scorpion, deal #5

Rated steady, deal #5 is a middling deal for this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 53 moves.

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 12 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♦ +2	column 3	6♦, column 5
2	7♦ +7	column 5	8♦, column 4
3	2♦ +6	column 7	3♦, column 2
4	K♣ +10	column 2	empty column 7
5	Q♥ +3	column 1	K♥, column 2
6	7♥	column 1	8♥, 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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