Yukon, deal #15

This Yukon deal is rated gentle: one of the easier deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 46 moves.

Notes on this deal

• Watch column 7: an Ace waits there under 5 cards.
• 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 5 of 52 cards home before it is stuck.
• 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 13 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 7	J♥, column 6
2	2♠ +1	column 6	3♥, column 7
3	Q♥ +4	column 2	K♠, column 3
4	9♥ +2	column 3	10♣, column 5
5	7♦	column 3	8♣, column 4
6	A♥ +4	column 4	2♠, column 7

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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