Seven Alleys, deal #15
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About this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Seven Alleys: 100% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The seven alleys show Ace of Swords, 2 of Cups, 2 of Swords, 3 of Cups, 7 of Cups, Re of Swords and 2 of Coins on top; 21 cards start face down below them and 12 wait in the stock.
One Ace is free at once and can go straight home.
The deepest Ace, the Ace of Coins, is covered by a single card in column 4.
One Re can be seen from the start – a ready base for an empty alley.
No two cards are in building order yet.
The solver's winning line has 41 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 41 moves, 12 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 199 of 200 (100%)
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Face-down cards
- 21
- Cards in the stock
- 12
- Aces visible at the start
- 1
- Cards already in order
- 0
Where the Aces are
- Ace of Swords: column 1, free at the start
- Ace of Coins: column 4, 1 card on top
- Ace of Batons: column 6, 1 card on top
- Ace of Cups: column 7, 1 card on top
How to approach it
- Uncover the face-down cards in the longest alleys first; that is where the buried Aces wait.
- Keep an alley clearable for a Re – it turns the longest column into a run you can move as a whole.
A winning start
These are the first moves of the solver's winning line. Open them only if you want a nudge.
Show the first three moves
- Move the 2 of Coins onto the 3 of Cups.
- Move the Re of Swords into the empty column.
- Turn a card from the stock.