#285

Deal #285 is rated Hard. The app plays each deal out in the background and grades it by how much backtracking it takes.

This deal

Rating	Hard
How rare it is	12% of all 32,000 — about one deal in nine
Moves it takes to win	140 moves — typically around 106

Solution to #285

Play these moves from the start and the deal comes out. Columns are 1–8 from the left and the free cells are a–d; each line says which card goes where. A move of several cards shows the first and last card of the run (9♠–7♥).

52 of the 140 moves are faded — they send a card home. Skip any your game has already sent there.

1. 8♠ 8 → a
2. A♣ 8 → home
3. 8♥ 8 → 5
4. A♥ 8 → home
5. 5♥ 3 → b
6. 5♣ 1 → 2
7. Q♣ 8 → 7
8. 6♥ 8 → c
9. 8♠ a → 8
10. 5♣ 2 → a
11. 8♠ 8 → d
12. 5♣ a → 8
13. Q♣ 7 → a
14. 5♣ 8 → 2
15. Q♣ a → 8
16. 8♥ 5 → a
17. Q♣ 8 → 7
18. 8♥ a → 8
19. 9♠ 5 → a
20. 8♥ 8 → 6
21. 5♥ b → 8
22. 4♣ 5 → 8
23. 4♠ 5 → b
24. 9♠ a → 5
25. 8♥ 6 → 5
26. 4♣ 8 → a
27. 4♠ b → 8
28. 8♥ 5 → 6
29. 9♠ 5 → b
30. 10♦ 5 → 3
31. 7♥ 5 → 1
32. 9♠ b → 3
33. 8♥ 6 → 3
34. 4♠ 8 → b
35. 4♣ a → 8
36. Q♦ 5 → a
37. 6♥ c → 5
38. 8♥ 3 → 6
39. 5♣ 2 → 5
40. 6♦ 2 → c
41. 6♣ 2 → 1
42. 8♠ d → 2
43. 5♥–4♣ 8 → 1
44. 10♦–9♠ 3 → 8
45. 3♣ 4 → d
46. 9♠ 8 → 4
47. 10♦ 8 → 3
48. 8♥ 6 → 4
49. Q♦ a → 8
50. J♣–10♦ 3 → 8
51. 9♣ 6 → 8
52. 3♥ 6 → 1
53. 8♥ 4 → 8
54. J♦–10♠ 6 → 7
55. 9♥–8♠ 2 → 7
56. A♠ 2 → home
57. 8♥ 8 → 4
58. Q♠ 2 → a
59. Q♥ 2 → 6
60. 8♦ 2 → 8
61. J♠ 3 → 6
62. A♦ 3 → home
63. 9♥–8♠ 7 → 3
64. Q♠ a → 2
65. J♦–10♠ 7 → 2
66. 9♥–8♠ 3 → 2
67. 10♣ 3 → a
68. 2♣ 3 → home
69. 3♣ d → home
70. 5♠ 3 → d
71. 10♣ a → 3
72. 9♥–8♠ 2 → 3
73. 3♥ 1 → a
74. 4♣ 1 → home
75. 4♠ b → 1
76. 3♥ a → 1
77. 10♥–8♥ 4 → 6
78. 10♣–8♠ 3 → 4
79. K♦–Q♣ 7 → 3
80. 2♠ 7 → home
81. 2♦ 7 → home
82. 9♥–8♠ 4 → 2
83. J♥–10♣ 4 → 3
84. 3♠ 4 → home
85. 5♥–3♥ 1 → 7
86. 7♥–6♣ 1 → 2
87. 5♥–3♥ 7 → 2
88. 8♣ 1 → a
89. 5♦ 1 → 7
90. 3♦ 1 → home
91. K♠ 4 → b
92. 4♥ 4 → 5
93. 4♦ 4 → home
94. 5♦ 7 → home
95. 6♦ c → home
96. K♥ 1 → c
97. 7♦ 1 → home
98. 9♦ 1 → 3
99. 8♣ a → 3
100. 8♦ 8 → home
101. 8♥ 6 → 8
102. 6♠ 7 → a
103. 7♠ 7 → 8
104. 2♥ 7 → home
105. 3♥ 2 → home
106. 4♠ 2 → home
107. 4♥ 5 → home
108. 5♠ d → home
109. 5♥ 2 → home
110. 6♠ a → home
111. 5♣ 5 → home
112. 6♣ 2 → home
113. 6♥ 5 → home
114. 7♥ 2 → home
115. 7♠ 8 → home
116. 8♠ 2 → home
117. K♣–9♠ 6 → 1
118. 7♣ 6 → home
119. 8♣ 3 → home
120. 9♦ 3 → home
121. 8♥ 8 → home
122. 9♠ 1 → home
123. 9♥ 2 → home
124. 10♠ 2 → home
125. 9♣ 8 → home
126. 10♥ 1 → home
127. 10♣ 3 → home
128. J♥ 3 → home
129. 10♦ 8 → home
130. J♠ 1 → home
131. J♦ 2 → home
132. Q♠ 2 → home
133. J♣ 8 → home
134. Q♥ 1 → home
135. Q♣ 3 → home
136. K♥ c → home
137. Q♦ 8 → home
138. K♠ b → home
139. K♣ 1 → home
140. K♦ 3 → home

To play this deal

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