Volcano Eleven, deal #7
HardChecked as winnableShuffling the cards…
About this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Volcano Eleven: only 5% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver had to search for a while before finding the way.
The bottom row starts with Ace of Coins, Fante of Coins, Cavallo of Coins, Fante of Cups, Re of Coins and 3 of Batons, and the Fante of Batons sits at the very top.
3 pairs are ready straight away among the bottom cards – choose the order with care, since some of them compete for the same card.
14 times a card lies across one of its own partners, so those two cards can never leave together and need other partners.
The solver's winning line has 61 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 61 moves, 46 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 10 of 200 (5%)
- Card at the top
- Fante of Batons
- Cards in the layout
- 21
- Cards in the stock
- 19
- Pairs ready at the start
- 3
- Locked pairs
- 14
How to approach it
- Start by naming a partner for each locked card. If both partners of a locked card are also in the pyramid, free them first; otherwise wait for one from the stock.
- 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.
- 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
- Pair the Ace of Coins with the Re of Coins.
- Pair the Fante of Cups with the 3 of Batons.
- Pair the 2 of Cups with the Cavallo of Coins.