Yukon, deal #21

This Yukon deal is rated steady: a middling deal for this series. The solver found a winning line of 44 moves.

Notes on this deal

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

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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