Yukon, deal #11

Deal #11 is one of the harder deals in this series. Our solver won it in a line of 59 moves, so it can certainly be won.

Notes on this deal

• 1 Ace lies uncovered at the end of a column, ready to go home with your first move.
• Watch column 7: an Ace waits there under 7 cards.
• A King already sits at the head of a column, so that column never needs emptying.
• 2 Kings are face down. Buried Kings can only leave for an empty column; plan for the space they will need.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 5 of 52 cards home.
• 6 useful moves are open from the start. Prefer the ones that turn over a card or free an Ace.

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	5♦ +4	column 7	6♣, column 3
2	6♣ +5	column 3	7♦, column 7
3	8♦ +2	column 2	9♠, column 4
4	J♣ +4	column 6	Q♥, column 3
5	Q♦ +6	column 4	K♣, column 6
6	10♣	column 5	J♦, column 4

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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