A short introduction

Solution to: Eight Queens

The easiest way to solve this problem is by writing a computer program that systematically tries all possibilities of placing the 8 queens on the board. This will for example give you the following configuration of queens on the board:
Chess-board with eight correctly placed queens

Conclusion: Using this procedure, you will find that there are 92 ways of placing the 8 queens on the board.

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