But, no one really knows if this is true or not.
Legend has it that Canfield Solitaire was originally invented in 1890's and was named after its inventor, Richard Canfield, who became quite wealthy from it. Of course, by liberally undoing moves and playing only previously won games, a player can do somewhat better. However, humans don't fare nearly so well.įor randomly generated games, human players win only about 1 in 14. It's been estimated by running a solver program that about 70% of all possible Canfield Solitaire games are solvable. In some countries, it's known as Demon Solitaire. Canfield Solitaire is a card game played using a 52-card deck of standard playing cards.
