Select a face-up card, then a highlighted destination.

Stock · 68

♣ 1

♣ 2

♦ 1

♦ 2

♥ 1

♥ 2

♠ 1

♠ 2

Column 1 · 4

Column 2 · 4

Column 3 · 4

Column 4 · 4

Column 5 · 4

Column 6 · 4

Column 7 · 4

Column 8 · 4

Column 9 · 4

The deal

Two decks deal four face-up cards to each of nine tableau columns. The remaining cards form the stock.

Playing the tableau

Build down in alternating colors with single-card moves. Empty columns accept any card; the eight suit foundations build up from Ace.

Move all 104 cards to the eight foundations.

With nine columns rather than ten, open space is slightly scarcer. Seek a complete column clear instead of spreading small moves across the tableau.

Maria is part of Grand Plaza · Forty Thieves & two-deck builders and is a variant of Napoleon at St Helena. Nine columns of four replace the usual ten same-suit columns.

Napoleon at St Helena — Ten tableau columns, two decks.
Canister — A one-deck eight-column builder with four cards in the middle row.
Colonel — A three-row tableau exposes cards only after the cell beneath is cleared.
Deauville — Thirty hidden tableau cards give way to alternating-color building.
Diplomat — Two-deck patience with eight tableau piles.
Dress Parade — Hidden-card alternating-color columns allow packed sequence moves.

Intrigue (Court games) — Eight Queen columns; eight Five-piles built down to the King and eight Six-piles built up to the Jack, regardless of suit.
Milligan Cell (Miss Milligan & row dealers) — Four free cells add temporary storage to Miss Milligan’s eight columns.
Royal Cotillion (Reserve builders) — A 4-column Ladies’ tableau that never refills, a 16-cell Lords’ grid that refills from waste only, and zero redeals.