Seven Alleys, deal #19
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About this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Seven Alleys: 44% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The seven alleys show Ace of Swords, 6 of Coins, Cavallo of Batons, Ace of Cups, Re of Swords, Cavallo of Cups and 4 of Batons on top; 21 cards start face down below them and 12 wait in the stock.
2 Aces are free at once and can go straight home.
The deepest Ace, the Ace of Batons, is covered by 2 cards in column 7.
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 44 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 44 moves, 18 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 87 of 200 (44%)
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Face-down cards
- 21
- Cards in the stock
- 12
- Aces visible at the start
- 2
- Cards already in order
- 0
Where the Aces are
- Ace of Swords: column 1, free at the start
- Ace of Cups: column 4, free at the start
- Ace of Batons: column 7, 2 cards 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 Cavallo of Batons onto the Re of Swords.
- Move the Fante of Cups onto the Cavallo of Batons.
- Move the Re of Swords into the empty column.