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The goal of Classic Solitaireis to 'play out' by moving all 52 cards to the foundation.

We have the 1 card variation of Classic Solitaire.

To ensure that everyone starts off on an equal footing everyone will get the same deal if they are playing the same competition.

If you play your cards right you can solve the lay up and avoid getting stuck.

The setup for Classic Solitaire is to deal out 28 of the 52 cards into a "tableau".

The first pile is a single card, face up; the second pile is two cards, the top one face up; the third pile is three cards, the top one face up; etc. The remaining 24 cards form the hand.

• Cards in the tableau can be placed on other cards in the tableau by building downward and alternating colors. For example, either red eight could be placed on either black nine, or either black jack could be placed on either red queen.
• You can move more than one card at a time; for instance, a pile containing an 8 of hearts/7 of spades/6 of diamonds could be picked up and placed on a 9 of spades.
• When a card in the tableau has been moved to expose a downward-facing card, that card can be turned face-up.
• Whenever a card in the tableau has been moved to create an empty slot, that slot can be filled with any king (plus any cards that have been built onto that king).
• To move cards to the foundation you must start each foundation pile with the aces of each suit. Once an ace has been moved to the foundation, a two of that same suit can be placed on the ace, and so forth, ending with the king.
• Once a card has been placed on the foundation, it can be moved back to the tableau, but a point penalty will be assessed for this action.
• When there are no moves to make in the tableau, you go through the hand, turning up one card, putting them face up into a pile called the waste pile. The top card of this waste pile is available to move to the tableau or to one of the foundation piles, if there is a place for it. Moving a card off the waste pile exposes the next card in the waste pile, making it available for placement.
• When you have gone through all the cards in the hand, go through the pile again; note that, in the 1-card variation, there is a hefty point penalty for this.
• Play continues until you play out (that is, all 52 cards are in the foundation), or until you get stuck and click the "End Game" button, or until time runs out. You have 10 minutes to complete every game of Classic Solitaire.

To move a single card:
Click and drag to move a single card from the tableau to another spot in the tableau, from the tableau to the foundation, from the wastepile to the tableau, or from the waste pile to foundation.

To move a group of cards:
To move a group of cards within the tableau, click on the highest card in the group, and drag it to the destination card.

To reveal a face-down card:
To reveal a facedown card in the tableau, just click on it.

To move the next card:
To move the next card from the hand to the waste pile just click on the hand. To return the waste pile to the depleted hand, just click on the empty spot.

To switch off animation or sound:
Please click on the animation and sound button on the top right hand position on the screen

To Exit the game:
Please click on the exit button on the top right hand position on the screen.

Points are added or deducted for the following actions:

100 points - moving any Ace to the foundation.

90 points moving any 2 to the foundation.

80 points moving any 3 to the foundation.

70 points moving any 4 to the foundation.

60 points moving any 5 to the foundation.

50 points moving any 6 to the foundation.

40 points moving any 7 to the foundation.

30 points moving any 8 to the foundation.

20 points moving any 9 to the foundation.

10 points moving any 10, Jack, Queen, or King to the foundation.

20 points turning over a facedown card in the tableau.

20 points moving any card from the waste pile to the tableau or foundation (if you are moving a card from the waste pile to the foundation, these 20 points are in addition to the points you'd normally get for moving that card to the foundation).

Negative 20 points moving a card from the foundation to the tableau (if you subsequently return that card to the foundation, you get no points for that return).

Negative 200 points in returning the waste pile to the hand.

When completing the game you also get a time bonus based on time left and how many cards you managed to move to the foundation. The time bonus is calculated in the following way:

(Total time - time used) * (cards in foundation/52) *2.

Total Time available is 10 minutes.

If you have a choice of two cards to use from the tableau, take the one that has the most facedown cards underneath it.

Avoid moving cards to the foundation if you might need them later in the tableau. For example, don't move a red five to the foundation until you're sure you won't need it in the tableau to hold a black four.

Once you've gained some points, minimize your trips through the hand. In the 1-Card variation, you'll lose 200 points each time you go through the hand after the first time.

Use double-click to quickly move cards to the foundation.

If you have a choice of two cards to use from the tableau, and both cards are covering an equal number of facedown cards, then you should choose the card from the leftmost pile.

Solitaire card decks are selected by a proprietary patent-pending computer algorithm in a way that assures this to be the optimal and correct strategy.

Classic Solitaire is also known as Klondike, Fascination, Patience, Demon Patience, and The Chinaman.

Playing cards were originally used for fortune-telling.