Yukon, deal #7

This Yukon deal is rated gentle: one of the easier deals in this series. The solver found a winning line of 44 moves.

Notes on this deal

• One Ace is buried four or more cards deep: column 5 holds it under 7 cards. Dig there early.
• A King already sits at the head of a column, so that column never needs emptying.
• This deal punishes autopilot. A test play of the obvious moves gets just 6 of 52 cards home before it is stuck.
• 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 15 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♣ +1	column 5	2♥, column 4
2	6♣ +2	column 7	7♦, column 5
3	8♥ +4	column 2	9♣, column 1
4	Q♦ +4	column 5	K♣, column 3
5	3♠	column 7	4♦, column 3
6	Q♠ +2	column 1	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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