Yukon, deal #10

Rated steady, deal #10 is a middling deal for this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 39 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 1 Ace lies uncovered at the end of a column, ready to go home with your first move.
• 2 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 5, under 7 cards. Plan how to reach it before anything else.
• A King already sits at the head of a column, so that column never needs emptying.
• This deal punishes autopilot. A test play of the obvious moves gets just 3 of 52 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 10 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	4♣ +4	column 7	5♥, column 4
2	2♦ +2	column 2	3♠, column 7
3	2♥ +1	column 3	3♣, column 7
4	9♦ +8	column 4	10♠, column 3
5	9♣ +6	column 3	10♦, column 5
6	10♣ +2	column 5	J♦, column 3

Yukon in a nutshell

There is no stock. Build the foundations by suit and the columns down in alternating colours; any face-up card moves with everything on top of it. Only Kings go into empty columns.

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