Freecell Pro Difficult Deals

[gymp]

Does anyone know of a list of difficult deals for Freecell Pro?
Specifically, I am looking for game numbers above 32000 that have been
determined to be difficult to solve. I have found several lists of
difficult deals for the original Windows Freecell and have managed to
solve all listed among the 32000 deals. Most deals are easily beaten,
so I really enjoy when I come across a game that takes me multiple
attempts to solve.

Hoping for a challenge...

Freecell Fan

[tim....@freecell.tewa]

Try 57148. Seven out of the eight columns contain pairs of like rank and
colour - every time you fetch a card to put into a sequence, you have to
have two of them. BTW I haven't solved this one yet.

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[drruth2]

OK, I'm new to the forum. I'm looking for strategies for solving
problems that have multiple pairs. I'm working off FreeCell ver 1.2b
from Electron Hut on a Palm.

Currently stuck on #11854 (have played every game up to this point
sequencially with a success rate of 63 percent). This game has five
pairs, two in one column, Aces paired a top of one column.

This version of FreeCell is supposed to match the Windows version, but
I'm not sure the seeds are the same.

drruth2

[tim....@freecell.tewa]

I think this #11854 is the same as the Microsoft, but there aren't five
pairs of the same colour & rank in columns (do you mean pairs of the same
rank only, ie one red, one black?). If the first column from top is AC AD KC
10H KD 2S 9D, then it's the same one I'm talking about.

A solution in move notation is:

7a 3b 73 7c 71 7d 73 43 51 51
b1 83 8b d8 87 8d 85 c5 6h 6c
62 a8 6a 68 b8 a6 76 d7 17 1a
1b 15 1d c3 d1 51 21 2c 2d 21
24 27 31 a2 5a 5d 52 a5 45 35
36 4a

In case you're not familiar with this, each pair of characters is a move,
which may be of a single card or several (there will only ever be one way to
make the move indicated). First character in each move is source, second is
destination. Numbers are column nos, running L to R, letters a, b, d, & d
are free cells, h is home cell. As you can see, this solution starts work in
column 7. It may be (almost certainly is) solvable with fewer moves.

Tim Aster

[drruth2]

Tim,
Same game & I meant pairs of same rank. Was not familiar w/ the move
notation. Was able to follow up to line four column 7. I have
autoplay turned on and at that point a couple cards played faster than
my eye followed. Was able to complete the game from there. I'll load
Freecell on my desktop and copy down the move sequences I used. Don't
want to mess up my percentages on the PDA.

Dennis Ruth

[tim....@freecell.tewa]

Dennis

Glad you at least got it solved. BTW your percentage of 63% sounds a good
score. Have you tried FreeCell Pro? This has all sorts of enhancements that
a serious player like you would appreciate. The main thing is it creates a
file and stores your moves in it. You could have copied and pasted the
solution I gave into Notepad, then loaded it into FreeCell Pro to replay it.

If you're working through numbers in order, you must now be close to 11982.
Don't bother with that one, it is unsolvable (the only one in the range up
to 32000).

Tim Aster

[drruth2]

Tim,

Thanks for the tip. Happen to be on 11890. Where can I find FreeCell
Pro? I did a search on PalmGear with no luck.

BTW: my stats:
Longest win streak: 43
Longest lose streak: 23