Yukon, deal #27

This Yukon deal is rated testing: one of the harder deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 38 moves.

Notes on this deal

• Watch column 3: an Ace waits there under 6 cards.
• A King already sits at the head of a column, so that column never needs emptying.
• 3 Kings are face down. Buried Kings can only leave for an empty column; plan for the space they will need.
• Playing without a plan stalls early here: a test play of the most promising moves gets only 4 of 52 cards home.
• 9 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 10 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	5♥	column 3	6♣, column 7
2	9♦ +2	column 6	10♠, column 5
3	4♠ +4	column 2	5♦, column 5
4	8♥ +9	column 5	9♠, column 2
5	5♣ +5	column 7	6♥, column 4
6	5♦ +5	column 2	6♠, 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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