Spider (1 suit), deal #7

Deal #7 is a middling deal for this series. Our solver won it in a line of 103 moves, so it can certainly be won.

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 0 of 104 cards home before it is stuck.
• 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	9♠	column 1	10♠, column 6
2	4♠	column 2	5♠, column 8
3	5♠ +1	column 8	6♠, column 1
4	10♠ +1	column 6	J♠, column 2
5	3♠	column 6	4♠, column 1
6	10♠	column 8	J♠, column 6

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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