Volcano Eleven, deal #5
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Volcano Eleven: 88% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The bottom row starts with Re of Swords, 3 of Batons, 2 of Swords, Ace of Swords, 2 of Batons and Fante of Coins, and the 3 of Coins sits at the very top.
2 pairs are ready straight away among the bottom cards – choose the order with care, since some of them compete for the same card.
6 times a card lies across one of its own partners, so those two cards can never leave together and need other partners.
The most crowded value is 2 with 4 cards in the layout, while only 1 of its partners (Cavallo) are in the layout too; the rest come from the stock.
The solver's winning line has 44 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 44 moves, 28 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 176 of 200 (88%)
- Card at the top
- 3 of Coins
- Cards in the layout
- 21
- Cards in the stock
- 19
- Pairs ready at the start
- 2
- Locked pairs
- 6
How to approach it
- With several pairs on offer, take first the one that frees cards in the row above; keep the others for when the waste needs a partner.
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
- Pair the Re of Swords with the Ace of Swords.
- Pair the 3 of Batons with the Fante of Coins.
- Pair the Cavallo of Swords with the 2 of Batons.