Solitaire Klondike

Won games, move by move

In brief

Each deal below is an actual deal from the app: paste its code into the New Game window to play the exact same deal. All have been won, and before the site is published, each game is replayed action by action, including its score, by a program that applies the app’s rules.

A game won in 113 actions

Deal KL1-D1N-AAAAAAG, with Draw 1 and Normal scoring. The game contains 113 actions, counted as the app counts them: 79 card moves, 33 taps on the stock and 1 passes recycling the waste. Played exactly as shown, without undoing, it ends with 590 points:

  • 52 cards placed in the foundations: 52 × 10 = 520 points;
  • 21 hidden cards turned face up: 21 × 5 = 105 points;
  • 13 cards moved from the waste to the tableau: 13 × 5 = 65 points;
  • 1 passes recycling the waste: −100 points.

Stock: 24 cards; waste empty. Cards on the foundations: 0 spades, 0 hearts, 0 diamonds, 0 clubs. Column 1: 0 face down, then jack of spades; column 2: 1 face down, then 10 of clubs; column 3: 2 face down, then 7 of diamonds; column 4: 3 face down, then 5 of spades; column 5: 4 face down, then 7 of clubs; column 6: 5 face down, then jack of hearts; column 7: 6 face down, then ace of hearts.

At the start. 0 cards on the foundations, 21 cards still face down, 24 cards in the stock, score 0.

Stock: 7 cards; top waste card: 5 of clubs. Cards on the foundations: 3 spades, 1 hearts, 0 diamonds, 3 clubs. Column 1: 0 face down, then jack of spades, 10 of diamonds, 9 of spades, 8 of hearts, 7 of clubs, 6 of hearts, 5 of spades, 4 of diamonds; column 2: empty; column 3: 1 face down, then 7 of spades; column 4: 2 face down, then 3 of hearts; column 5: 0 face down, then queen of spades, jack of hearts, 10 of clubs, 9 of diamonds, 8 of clubs, 7 of diamonds, 6 of spades; column 6: 2 face down, then queen of diamonds; column 7: 5 face down, then jack of diamonds, 10 of spades.

After 40 actions. 7 cards on foundations, 10 cards still face down, 7 cards in the stock, score 160.

Stock: 2 cards; top waste card: 7 of hearts. Cards on the foundations: 8 spades, 4 hearts, 6 diamonds, 4 clubs. Column 1: 0 face down, then jack of spades, 10 of diamonds, 9 of spades, 8 of hearts, 7 of clubs, 6 of hearts; column 2: 0 face down, then king of diamonds, queen of clubs, jack of diamonds, 10 of spades, 9 of hearts; column 3: 0 face down, then king of hearts; column 4: 0 face down, then king of spades, queen of diamonds, jack of clubs, 10 of hearts, 9 of clubs; column 5: 0 face down, then queen of spades, jack of hearts, 10 of clubs, 9 of diamonds, 8 of clubs, 7 of diamonds, 6 of clubs; column 6: 0 face down, then 8 of diamonds; column 7: 1 face down, then king of clubs.

After 80 actions. 22 cards on the foundations, 1 cards still face down, 2 cards in the stock, score 285.

Stock: 0 cards; waste empty. Cards on the foundations: 13 spades, 13 hearts, 13 diamonds, 13 clubs. Column 1: empty; column 2: empty; column 3: empty; column 4: empty; column 5: empty; column 6: empty; column 7: empty.

After action 113: game won. 52 cards on foundations, 0 card still face down, 0 card in the stock, score 590.
The game's 113 actions
  1. A♥: column 7 to its foundation
  2. 10♣: column 2 to column 6
  3. A♠: column 2 to its foundation
  4. stock: 10♠
  5. 10♠: waste to column 7
  6. draw: 6♥
  7. 6♥: waste to column 5
  8. 5♠: column 4 to column 5
  9. stock: 4♦
  10. 4♦: waste to column 5
  11. draw pile: 5♦
  12. stock: 4♣
  13. stock: 10♦
  14. 10♦: waste to column 1
  15. stock: D♣
  16. stock: 4♥
  17. draw pile: 6♦
  18. draw: 7♥
  19. stock: 2♠
  20. 2♠: waste to its foundation
  21. stock: 9♠
  22. 9♠: waste to column 1
  23. draw pile: 3♠
  24. 3♠: waste to its foundation
  25. stock: 10♥
  26. draw: 2♣
  27. 2♣: waste to column 4
  28. draw pile: 8♥
  29. 8♥: waste to column 1
  30. 7♣ and 3 cards on top: column 5 to column 1
  31. 6♠: column 5 to column 3
  32. 3♣: column 5 to column 1
  33. A♣: column 5 to its foundation
  34. 2♣: column 4 to its foundation
  35. 3♣: column 1 to its foundation
  36. V♥ and 1 card above it: column 6 to column 5
  37. 9♦: column 6 to column 5
  38. 7♦ and 1 card above it: column 3 to column 6
  39. 8♣ and 2 cards on top: column 6 to column 5
  40. stock: 5♣
  41. stock: 2♥
  42. 2♥: waste to its foundation
  43. 3♥: column 4 to its foundation
  44. A♦: column 4 to its foundation
  45. D♦: column 6 to column 4
  46. stock: D♥
  47. stock: 4♠
  48. 4♠: waste to its foundation
  49. stock: 2♦
  50. 2♦: waste to its foundation
  51. stock: V♣
  52. V♣: waste to column 4
  53. stock: 9♥
  54. 9♥: waste to column 7
  55. stock: R♦
  56. R♦: waste to column 2
  57. the waste goes back to the stock
  58. draw pile: 5♦
  59. 5♦: waste to column 5
  60. stock: 4♣
  61. 4♣: waste to foundation
  62. stock: D♣
  63. D♣: waste to column 2
  64. V♦ and 2 cards on top: column 7 to column 2
  65. 3♦: column 7 to its foundation
  66. 4♦: column 1 to its foundation
  67. 5♠: column 1 to its foundation
  68. 5♦: column 5 to its foundation
  69. 6♠: column 5 to its foundation
  70. 7♠: column 3 to its foundation
  71. 8♠: column 7 to its foundation
  72. 6♣: column 6 to column 5
  73. stock: 4♥
  74. 4♥: waste to its foundation
  75. draw pile: 6♦
  76. 6♦: waste to its foundation
  77. draw: 7♥
  78. stock: 10♥
  79. 10♥: waste to column 4
  80. 9♣: column 7 to column 4
  81. stock: 5♣
  82. 5♣: waste to its foundation
  83. 6♣: column 5 to its foundation
  84. 7♦: column 5 to its foundation
  85. 8♦: column 6 to its foundation
  86. R♣: column 7 to column 6
  87. 5♥: column 7 to its foundation
  88. 6♥: column 1 to its foundation
  89. 7♣: column 1 to its foundation
  90. 8♣: column 5 to its foundation
  91. 9♣: column 4 to its foundation
  92. 9♦: column 5 to its foundation
  93. 10♣: column 5 to its foundation
  94. 7♥: waste to its foundation
  95. 8♥: column 1 to its foundation
  96. 9♠: column 1 to its foundation
  97. 10♦: column 1 to its foundation
  98. 9♥: column 2 to its foundation
  99. 10♠: column 2 to its foundation
  100. V♠: column 1 to its foundation
  101. V♦: column 2 to its foundation
  102. 10♥: column 4 to its foundation
  103. V♣: column 4 to its foundation
  104. D♣: column 2 to its foundation
  105. D♦: column 4 to its foundation
  106. R♦: column 2 to its foundation
  107. V♥: column 5 to its foundation
  108. D♠: column 5 to its foundation
  109. R♠: column 4 to its foundation
  110. R♣: column 6 to its foundation
  111. stock: D♥
  112. D♥: waste to its foundation
  113. R♥: column 3 to its foundation

A rejected move to the empty column

The same game, after 3 actions. Column 2 is empty. In column 3, the 7♦ (highlighted) sits on 2 face-down cards: moving it would uncover one.

Stock: 24 cards; waste empty. Cards on the foundations: 1 spades, 1 hearts, 0 diamonds, 0 clubs. Column 1: 0 face down, then jack of spades; column 2: empty; column 3: 2 face down, then 7 of diamonds; column 4: 3 face down, then 5 of spades; column 5: 4 face down, then 7 of clubs; column 6: 5 face down, then jack of hearts, 10 of clubs; column 7: 5 face down, then jack of diamonds.

After 3 actions: the 7♦ in column 3, and empty column 2 (dotted outline).

The app nevertheless refuses to place the 7♦ in column 2: an empty column accepts only a king. This rule is explained in the rules.

A winning game with Vegas scoring

Deal KL1-D1V-AAAAAFB, with Draw 1 and Vegas scoring. Only one pass through the stock is allowed: 24 taps, 0 passes recycling the waste. The game contains 103 actions and ends at +$208: -$52 at the start, then $5 for each of the 52 cards placed on the foundations.

Deals to try

The deal with seed 27 is available with Draw 1 and Draw 3: only the “D” section of the code changes. The action count is that of the verified game, not the shortest possible solution.

Game codeDraw, markActionsScore
KL1-D1N-AAAAAAG1, Normal113590
KL1-D1N-AAAAAAJ1, Normal129510
KL1-D1N-AAAAAA51, Normal134515
KL1-D3N-AAAAAA53, Normal114435
KL1-D1V-AAAAAFB1, Vegas103+$208

Actions: card moves, stock taps and waste recycles, counted as in the app. Score: that of the verified game, played without undoing.