Yukon, deal #23

Rated gentle, deal #23 is one of the easier deals in this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 40 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 3 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 2, under 5 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 3 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 16 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	A♦ +4	column 4	2♣, column 1
2	Q♦ +4	column 3	K♣, column 5
3	6♠ +2	column 2	7♥, column 7
4	7♣ +1	column 5	8♦, column 1
5	3♣	column 2	4♥, column 5
6	Q♠	column 3	K♥, 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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