Yukon, deal #19

Rated formidable, deal #19 is among the hardest deals in this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 57 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 1 Ace lies uncovered at the end of a column, ready to go home with your first move.
• 3 Aces sit deep in their columns. The worst is in column 7, with 7 cards on top of it.
• 2 Kings already sit at the head of their columns, so those columns never need emptying.
• 2 Kings are face down. Buried Kings can only leave for an empty column; plan for the space they will need.
• 3 pairs of cards already lie in order in the columns, a head start worth keeping.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 4 of 52 cards home.

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