Halma Solitaire

ObjectiveThe objective is to obtain the position shown below in (minimum) nineteen moves.PlayCounters move exactly as in standard Halma: any direction (diagonally or orthogonally) to a necessarily vacant neighboring square or an orthogonal or diagonal jump over a neighboring counter to a necessarily vacant cell immediately beyond in a straight line in any direction. Double or multiple jumps in one move are permitted and direction may be changed after each jump. Thus, on a turn a player may move a single counter to a neighboring square, perform a jump, or perform a series of any number of jumps with the same counter, but no combination of the said moves are allowed in a single turn.StrategySources