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"Free cell" - card solitaire. In Windows XP, the game is incorrectly named "Solitaire" (this solitaire game differs from "Free Cell" in one rule).
Solitaire successfully combines high complexity (much more difficult than Klondike), complete information and a meager percentage of combinations that cannot be added.
A standard deck of cards (52 cards) is used.
- The entire deck is laid out in 8 columns, face up. Thus, there will be four columns of 7 cards and four more of 6.
- There are also 4 cells called "home" and 4 "free" cells. At the start of the game, they are all empty.
- It is allowed to shift one card from a column or a free cell:
- to any other column - to the next highest card of a different color (for example, a black jack - only to a red queen).
- or on a free cell if it is empty (thus, each of the free cells can store only one card);
- or in an empty column - no restrictions;
- or in the "house" - cards of the same suit, starting with the ace and ending with the king.
- Solitaire converges if it is possible to move the entire deck to the "house".
If you need to move a stack of cards, this can only be done one
at a time, using empty columns and free cells. With n free cells and m empty
columns, you can move (n+1)\* 2^{m} stacked cards in order. Such
combinations are called "super moves" to another place. The computer versions usually show the super move in every detail; those who play with a real deck simply move the pile, making sure that the cards are really stacked in order, and there are enough empty cells.
Solitaire differs from "Free cell" in one rule: cards in columns are laid out by suit, one per turn.