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Solitaire Duel: Live Races

Race another player at Klondike, Spider or FreeCell. Solitaire Duel gives you both the same deal, live progress on screen and a 12-minute time limit.

Solitaire Duel — Klondike duel: your board and your opponent’s progress.
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Solitaire Duel turns a game you usually play alone into a live two-player race: identical starting cards, separate boards and a clock. Solitaire has long had competitive offshoots, such as Racing Demon and Russian Bank; this one keeps it simple. To race, sign in with a free account and choose a variant to join its queue. A match begins when another player joins the same game. Want to warm up first? Press Play now at the top of the page for a solo Klondike deal, no account needed.

Mobile gameplay: Solitaire Duel

See the game board, controls and moves on a mobile screen.

Klondike duel: your board and your opponent’s progress.
A second ace reaches a foundation while the score updates.

How to play

  1. Choose Klondike, Spider or FreeCell. Klondike races draw one card at a time with three passes through the stock; Spider races use two suits.
  2. Play your own board while following the opponent’s progress. You cannot move their cards.
  3. The first player to finish wins. After 12 minutes, unfinished boards are compared by cards completed, then by fewer hidden cards; equal progress is a draw.
  4. A brief disconnect allows 25 seconds to reconnect. Returning restores accepted moves. Leaving an active race counts as resigning.

Example

If time runs out in FreeCell with one player on 30 foundation cards and the other on 28, the player with 30 wins. FreeCell hides no cards, so if foundation progress is equal, the race is a draw.

Playing tip

Bank some progress before you try a risky rearrangement. A race can end on the clock rather than at the last card, and then only cards completed and cards still hidden count: a brilliant plan that is half-finished at the buzzer earns nothing extra.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I race a recorded run instead?

Yes. Classic solitaire can show a recorded attempt from an earlier game to race against. Duel is the separate mode for a live opponent.

Which variants can I race?

Klondike, Spider and FreeCell, each with its own live queue. Pick one from the variant links below.

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Sources

We check these rules against the standard references:

  • Patience (game) · WikipediaCompetitive solitaires for two or more players, such as Racing Demon and Russian Bank.
  • Klondike (solitaire) · WikipediaKlondike drawn one card at a time with three passes through the stock, as the races play it.

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