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FreeCell No. 169

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Sachiko HASHIMOTO

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May 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/29/98
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Have you ever solved FreeCell No. 169? I've been trying to, but I
cannot. Tell me how to solve it. I cannot sleep...


Wgreview

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May 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/30/98
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Most FreeCell deals are easy enough that they don't even require all four
freecells to be used. About 1 in 150 deals (208 of the 32,000 in
Microsoft's
version) require all four freecells to solve. The lowest-numbered such deal
in Microsoft FreeCell is 169; many players who start at deal number 1 and
solve in sequential order find this the first really difficult deal they
encounter.

I am the current maintainer of a large catalog of solutions to difficult deals
(begun by Dave Ring and expanded by Wilson Callan). This is located at
<http://members.aol.com/wgreview/freecell.html>. A solution for 169 by
Gary Fromm is included there (the notation is explained there too):

#169 Gary K Fromm
27 2a 23 2b 2c b2 32 3b 32 4d
43 b3 4b 47 54 87 85 87 86 c7
87 42 48 d4 34 38 56 5c 5d 57
18 13 15 d5 1c 1h ch bh 4h 4d
4h 43 13 d3 a1 61 64 6d 65 64
54 65 61 81 d6 76 78 7h 78 78
75

Michael Keller, moderator of FC mailing list and maintainer of FC FAQ at
<http://members.aol.com/fcfaq.txt>

Michael Keller, World Game Review, 1747 Little Creek Drive, Baltimore, MD
21207-5230, <http://members.aol.com/wgreview/index.html>

Michael Keller, World Game Review, 1747 Little Creek Drive, Baltimore, MD
21207-5230, <Wgre...@aol.com>, http://members.aol.com/wgreview/index.html


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