Spider (2 suits), deal #10

Rated steady, deal #10 is a middling deal for this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 143 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 0 of 104 cards home.
• 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 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	9♠	column 5	10♠, column 6
2	10♠ +1	column 6	J♠, column 3
3	8♥	column 7	9♥, column 8
4	A♠	column 7	2♠, column 2
5	5♥	column 9	6♥, column 1
6	4♠	column 9	5♠, 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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