Spider (1 suit), deal #9

Rated steady, deal #9 is a middling deal for this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 112 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 44 cards start face down; uncovering them comes before tidying.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 13 of 104 cards home.
• Only 2 useful moves are open at the start, so the first decision matters.
• 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	6♠	column 3	7♠, column 6
2	Q♠	column 10	K♠, column 3
3	7♠ +1	column 6	8♠, column 10
4	9♠	column 6	10♠, column 2
5	8♠ +2	column 10	9♠, column 2
6	Deal from the stock

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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