Yukon, deal #25

Rated testing, deal #25 is one of the harder deals in this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 47 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 4 Aces sit deep in their columns. The worst is in column 2, with 5 cards on top of it.
• This deal punishes autopilot. A test play of the obvious moves gets just 2 of 52 cards home before it is stuck.
• 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	Q♠ +4	column 2	K♥, column 4
2	K♣ +1	column 5	empty column 2
3	2♠ +9	column 4	3♥, column 5
4	10♥	column 4	J♠, column 2
5	7♣	column 4	8♦, column 7
6	9♠ +2	column 3	10♥, 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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