Yukon, deal #13

This Yukon deal is rated steady: a middling deal for this series. The solver found a winning line of 45 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 3 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 4, under 5 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.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 1 of 52 cards home.
• 8 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	J♣ +2	column 2	Q♥, column 7
2	3♥ +3	column 3	4♣, column 6
3	6♣ +7	column 7	7♦, column 3
4	Q♥ +3	column 3	K♠, column 4
5	9♦	column 4	10♠, column 3
6	J♥ +6	column 4	Q♣, column 1

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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