Seven Alleys, deal #26
MediumChecked as winnableShuffling the cards…
About this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Seven Alleys: 38% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The seven alleys show 4 of Swords, Fante of Coins, 3 of Cups, 5 of Cups, Re of Swords, Ace of Batons and 7 of Swords 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 Swords, is covered by 2 cards in column 5.
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 54 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 54 moves, 21 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 76 of 200 (38%)
- 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 Batons: column 6, free at the start
- Ace of Swords: column 5, 2 cards on top
- Ace of Coins: 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 3 of Cups onto the 4 of Swords.
- Move the Cavallo of Coins onto the Re of Swords.
- Move the 4 of Coins onto the 5 of Cups.