1.1. Rules of the Game

There are 8 stacks of cards, 4 freecells, and 4 foundations. The game is played with one deck.
At the beginning of play, the cards are dealt to the stacks (4*7+4*6). The faces of all the cards are visible at the beginning of play.
A freecell can hold one single card.
The foundations are built from ace to king and the object of the game is to move all the cards to the foundations.
A card can be placed on top of a card that is of the opposite colour, and is higher in rank by 1, assuming the latter is at the top of a stack.
An empty stack may be filled with any card.
An atomic move consists of:
- Moving a card from a stack to a vacant freecell.
- Moving a card from a freecell to a parent card on a stack.
- Moving a card from the top of a stack, on top of a parent card on a different stack.
- Moving a card from the top of a stack or from a freecell to the foundations.