Seven Alleys, deal #22
HardChecked as winnableShuffling the cards…
About this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Seven Alleys: only 15% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver had to search for a while before finding the way.
The seven alleys show Fante of Cups, 5 of Swords, Ace of Cups, Ace of Batons, Fante of Coins, 4 of Coins and 4 of Cups 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 Swords, is covered by 4 cards in column 6.
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 53 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 53 moves, 19 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 30 of 200 (15%)
- 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 Cups: column 3, free at the start
- Ace of Batons: column 4, free at the start
- Ace of Coins: column 3, 2 cards on top
- Ace of Swords: column 6, 4 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
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Move the 4 of Coins onto the 5 of Swords.
- Move the Cavallo of Cups onto the Re of Batons.