Queens Answer
for Today
One queen per color region. No two queens touch — even diagonally.
One queen per region
Every color region must contain exactly one queen. If a region is small, its queen placement is often forced.
No touching at all
Unlike chess, LinkedIn Queens bans all adjacency — queens cannot share a row, column, or any diagonal, including one-step diagonals.
Start with forced cells
Regions with only one valid cell are automatically determined. Place those queens first and use them to eliminate rows and columns from the remaining regions.
About Queens
LinkedIn Queens presents an NxN grid divided into color regions. Your goal is to place exactly one queen in each region so that no two queens share a row, column, or diagonal (including one-step diagonals). The board always has a unique solution.
In chess, queens attack along the full length of rows, columns, and diagonals. LinkedIn Queens is stricter: you must also avoid one-step diagonal adjacency (touching corners). This extra constraint often makes the puzzle much easier to reason about.
Start by identifying regions with very few available cells — sometimes just one. Place those queens and mark their row and column as unavailable. Repeat until all queens are placed. If you get stuck, try a region that has been most constrained by your existing placements.
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