Yukon, deal #24

Rated steady, deal #24 is a middling deal for this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 43 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 3 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 5, under 7 cards. Plan how to reach it before anything else.
• 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 8 of 52 cards home.
• 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 11 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 2	J♦, column 4
2	Q♦ +3	column 3	K♠, column 4
3	4♦ +7	column 4	5♠, column 3
4	9♥ +4	column 6	10♣, column 4
5	4♠ +2	column 4	5♥, column 7
6	J♦ +3	column 4	Q♣, 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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