Spider (2 suits), deal #12

Rated gentle, deal #12 is one of the easier deals in this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 147 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 44 cards start face down; uncovering them comes before tidying.
• A test play of the most promising moves gets 39 of 104 cards home before it stalls; the rest needs planning.
• 9 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 3	J♠, column 5
2	J♠ +1	column 5	Q♠, column 1
3	4♠	column 5	5♠, column 9
4	6♠	column 5	7♠, column 8
5	8♠	column 4	9♠, column 5
6	Q♠ +2	column 1	K♠, column 4

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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