Yukon, deal #5

Rated gentle, deal #5 is one of the easier deals in this series. It is winnable: the solver's line takes 45 moves.

Notes on this deal

• 1 Ace lies uncovered at the end of a column, ready to go home with your first move.
• 2 Aces are buried four or more cards deep; the deepest is in column 7, 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 8 of 52 cards home.
• 6 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 14 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	9♦ +2	column 2	10♣, column 4
2	3♣ +1	column 3	4♦, column 1
3	9♠ +4	column 5	10♥, column 3
4	10♠ +1	column 3	J♥, column 4
5	J♠ +9	column 4	Q♥, column 3
6	3♥	column 4	4♣, 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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