Free Cell - Proof

I can prove it about 70% of the time. In other words - no.

"Yes, all Microsoft Freecell games are solvable with the exception of the well-known #11982"

Who woulda thunk that there is a whole culture dedicated to discovering just the answer to this very question?

http://www.freecell.com/f/c/discussion.html

Are you reading the help section from Microsoft? Because many enthusiasts claim that of the Microsoft-dealt hands all are solveable except one.

It's also widely reagarded as somewhat of a joke (that all can be solved).

Here are some links:

http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hansb/d.freecell/freecellhtml.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~fomalhaut/fcfaq.html

fishin'

On some versions it's two games. # 1 and #2

Thanks Craven and fishin'

I'm working on it !

Oooh, I love Free Cell, but switched to Spider Solitaire which isn't as easy, NOT that I had solved every Free Cell game. I'm surprised that there'd be a website devoted to solutions... no, I'm not. It is so addictive!

fresco,

Don't bother with 11982 (if that's the right number). It is indeed unsolvable. And has been proven with many computer simulations.