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Solitaire: Uncover a New Choice

Compare two legal moves by what changes immediately afterward.

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First check whether a move is legal. Then ask what it reveals or makes available. Use only visible information when planning. An unknown face-down card is not a card you may choose or promise to uncover.

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In the picture, moving red 4 of diamonds from column 1 onto black 5 of clubs in column 2 is legal. It removes the only face-up card from column 1. The hidden card beneath it turns up automatically, giving new information.

Column one has an unknown face-down card below four of diamonds. Column two holds five of clubs. Column three holds six of diamonds. Column four is empty. Only column one hides a card in this pictured comparison.
This is a close-up of four columns, not an entire deal. A dotted card means its rank is unknown.

Useful Does Not Mean Guaranteed

Another legal choice moves black 5 of clubs from column 2 onto red 6 of diamonds in column 3. It empties column 2 but uncovers no hidden card. The first move reveals information now; the second creates a king space. Which is useful depends on the rest of the deal. Neither choice proves a win. The dotted card in the picture has an unknown rank.

Question 1 Which of the two described moves exposes a hidden card immediately?
Question 2 How many of those two moves are legal?
Question 3 What does moving 5 of clubs onto 6 of diamonds create in column 2?
Question 4 Before turning it over, what is known about the dotted hidden card?
Question 5 Does exposing a card prove the entire deal can be won?