Yukon, deal #18

This Yukon deal is rated steady: a middling deal for this series. The solver found a winning line of 47 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 2 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 6, under 6 cards. Plan how to reach it before anything else.
• 3 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.
• 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	J♥ +4	column 7	Q♣, column 6
2	J♣ +2	column 4	Q♥, column 7
3	6♥ +9	column 6	7♠, column 4
4	Q♥ +3	column 7	K♠, column 4
5	2♠ +2	column 2	3♥, column 1
6	3♣	column 6	4♥, column 2

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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