Spider (1 suit), deal #8

This Spider deal is rated formidable: among the hardest deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 113 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 44 cards start face down; uncovering them comes before tidying.
• Obvious moves take you some of the way, 39 of 104 cards home, and then the deal asks for a plan.
• 12 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 11 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	3♠	column 1	4♠, column 9
2	9♠	column 1	10♠, column 3
3	9♠	column 2	10♠, column 4
4	2♠	column 2	3♠, column 9
5	10♠ +1	column 3	J♠, column 5
6	3♠	column 3	4♠, 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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