8 Queens Puzzle

Can you place 8 queens on a chessboard such that no queen is on the same row, column, or diagonal as another queen? There are links to more Queen Puzzles (4 - 15 queens), further down the page.

The 8 Queens Puzzle is over 170 years old, and you can see more information on Wikipedia, where you'll see that the 15 Queens Puzzle has over 2 million possible answers (but can you find one?!).

More Puzzles

4 Queens Puzzle
5 Queens Puzzle
6 Queens Puzzle
7 Queens Puzzle
8 Queens Puzzle
9 Queens Puzzle
10 Queens Puzzle
11 Queens Puzzle
12 Queens Puzzle
13 Queens Puzzle
14 Queens Puzzle
15 Queens Puzzle

Knight's Tour
Can you move to every square of a chessboard using the move of a knight?

Chess Puzzles
A selection of chess related brain teasers.

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