Spider (1 suit), deal #4

This Spider deal is rated formidable: among the hardest deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 116 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.
• 7 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	10♠	column 2	J♠, column 4
2	7♠	column 2	8♠, column 5
3	8♠	column 2	9♠, column 7
4	4♠	column 2	5♠, column 9
5	6♠	column 2	7♠, column 5
6	A♠	column 3	2♠, column 1

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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