Several of the MS32K are solvable in 21 moves. My solver has spent much time
looking for deals with shorter solutions on a 1gHz Intel that averages 11
games each hour; that's 4 months of continuous grinding to examine all 32000.
But take a look at this one. ("-2" means 2 cards move)
11853, 4 freecells
1. C6 7 f 11. SK 4 f
2. SJ 1 2 12. C7 6 h
3. -2 2 7 13. -2 1 6
4. D3 2 h 14. -3 6 8
5. S7 8 f 15. ST 5 f
6. S8 8 f 16. DT 5 7
7. D7 1 3 17. DJ 6 f
8. C9 8 1 18. -4 7 2
9. -2 3 2 19. CT 7 5
10. S8 f 3
Now look at move 18. With two empty columns and a single open freecell, four
cards move from a column to an empty column. The MS version of freecell
doesn't permit that move. So does the freecell community consider this "solution"
to be acceptable?
Thanks,
Bill Raymond
Received on Tue Oct 14 2003 - 09:00:31 IST