Spider (1 suit), deal #3

This Spider deal is rated gentle: one of the easier deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 105 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 44 cards start face down; uncovering them comes before tidying.
• This deal punishes autopilot. A test play of the obvious moves gets just 13 of 104 cards home before it is stuck.
• 8 useful moves are open from the start. Prefer the ones that turn over a card or free an Ace.
• 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	7♠	column 2	8♠, column 6
2	5♠	column 2	6♠, column 7
3	7♠	column 4	8♠, column 2
4	4♠	column 5	5♠, column 7
5	6♠ +2	column 7	7♠, column 2
6	Q♠	column 7	K♠, column 10

Spider in a nutshell

Build down regardless of suit, but only same-suit runs move together. A complete King-to-Ace run of one suit leaves the table. Each tap on the stock deals a card to every column.

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