Seven Alleys, deal #21
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About this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Seven Alleys: only 46% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver had to search for a while before finding the way.
The seven alleys show Ace of Cups, 4 of Swords, 2 of Cups, 5 of Batons, 4 of Batons, 5 of Swords and Fante of Cups 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 Batons, is covered by 2 cards in column 3.
No Re is face up yet, so an empty alley would have to wait.
No two cards are in building order yet.
The solver's winning line has 51 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 51 moves, 18 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 91 of 200 (46%)
- 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 Cups: column 1, free at the start
- Ace of Swords: column 7, 1 card on top
- Ace of Batons: column 3, 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.
- This is a hard deal: use undo to test an idea, and the hint button if you are completely stuck.
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 4 of Swords onto the 5 of Batons.
- Move the 4 of Batons onto the 5 of Swords.
- Move the 7 of Batons onto the Fante of Cups.