Spider (2 suits), deal #7

This Spider deal is rated gentle: one of the easier deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 132 moves.

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	Q♥	column 2	K♥, column 6
2	2♥	column 8	3♥, column 3
3	J♠	column 2	Q♥, column 6
4	2♥	column 2	3♥, column 8
5	10♠	column 2	J♠, column 6
6	9♠	column 4	10♠, 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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