Two Balconies, deal #2
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About this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Two Balconies: 16% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
All 40 cards are open from the start. The bottom cards of the eight columns are 4 of Batons, 3 of Cups, 6 of Swords, 3 of Swords, 7 of Batons, Re of Batons, 7 of Coins and 2 of Cups.
No Ace is free at the start.
The deepest Ace, the Ace of Cups, is covered by 3 cards in column 5.
One Re already lies at the base of a column, where it never needs to move.
No two cards are in building order yet.
The solver's winning line has 24 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 24 moves, 0 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 31 of 200 (16%)
- Cards in the layout
- 40
- Aces visible at the start
- 0
- Cards already in order
- 0
Where the Aces are
- Ace of Coins: column 2, 2 cards on top
- Ace of Batons: column 4, 2 cards on top
- Ace of Cups: column 5, 3 cards on top
- Ace of Swords: column 6, 3 cards on top
How to approach it
- Dig out the shallowest Ace first and keep one balcony empty while you do it.
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 2 of Cups onto the 3 of Cups.
- Park the 4 of Batons on a balcony.
- Park the 2 of Batons on a balcony.