Spider (2 suits), deal #9

Rated steady, deal #9 is a middling deal for this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 126 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.
• 6 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 1	10♥, column 5
2	8♠	column 1	9♠, column 3
3	3♥	column 1	4♥, column 4
4	Q♥	column 2	K♥, column 1
5	4♥ +1	column 4	5♥, column 2
6	2♠	column 9	3♠, column 8

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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