Two Balconies, deal #16

About this deal

This is one of the harder deals of Two Balconies: only 0% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver had to search for a while before finding the way.

All 40 cards are open from the start. The bottom cards of the eight columns are Ace of Batons, Fante of Batons, 7 of Cups, Fante of Coins, Ace of Coins, Re of Batons, Re of Coins and 7 of Batons.

2 Aces are free at once and can go straight home.

The deepest Ace, the Ace of Cups, is covered by 2 cards in column 3.

No Re lies at the base of a column, so every Re will have to move at some point.

No two cards are in building order yet.

The solver's winning line has 26 moves.

Deal facts

Difficulty

Hard

Solver's winning line

26 moves, 0 of them stock turns

Quick simulated games won

0 of 200 (0%)

Cards in the layout

40

Aces visible at the start

2

Cards already in order

0

Where the Aces are

• Ace of Batons: column 1, free at the start
• Ace of Coins: column 5, free at the start
• Ace of Swords: column 6, 1 card on top
• Ace of Cups: column 3, 2 cards on top

How to approach it

• Dig out the shallowest Ace first and keep one balcony empty while you do it.
• 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.