Yukon, deal #8

Deal #8 is one of the easier deals in this series. Our solver won it in a line of 41 moves, so it can certainly be won.

Notes on this deal

• 1 Ace lies uncovered at the end of a column, ready to go home with your first move.
• Watch column 2: an Ace waits there under 4 cards.
• 2 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 1 of 52 cards home.
• 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	J♦ +3	column 5	Q♠, column 6
2	7♠ +8	column 6	8♦, column 5
3	7♥	column 6	8♠, column 4
4	2♦ +4	column 3	3♣, column 6
5	J♣	column 3	Q♥, column 2
6	8♦ +9	column 5	9♣, 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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