Yukon, deal #14

Deal #14 is one of the harder deals in this series. Our solver won it in a line of 57 moves, so it can certainly be won.

Notes on this deal

• 3 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 7, under 8 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.
• 2 Kings are face down. Buried Kings can only leave for an empty column; plan for the space they will need.
• This deal punishes autopilot. A test play of the obvious moves gets just 3 of 52 cards home before it is stuck.
• 9 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 19 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	10♠ +4	column 4	J♥, column 3
2	4♠ +4	column 7	5♥, column 2
3	4♥	column 2	5♠, column 4
4	3♠	column 3	4♥, column 4
5	2♣	column 3	3♥, column 1
6	6♦ +4	column 3	7♣, column 6

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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