Free the aces first

Aces and 2s buried deep block everything. Learn to look for them before you move, and to dig them out with column moves. Planning · lesson 1 of 3.

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Before your first move, find the aces and 2s and count the cards on top of each. The fewer, the sooner you can free them.

Here the ace of diamonds is under just one card, and that card can be built onto another column.

Don’t use a free cell if a column will do.

Try it: Uncover the ace without using a free cell.

Now the ace can go up.

Try it: Start the diamonds foundation.

Find the aces before your first move, and dig them out.