LinkedIn Queens #810 is the puzzle for Sunday, July 19, 2026: an 9x9 board with 9 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 9:45 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Sunday, July 19
The board
Purple6 squares
Orange7 squares
Blue7 squares
Green21 squares
Yellow6 squares
Red7 squares
Pink5 squares
Teal15 squares
Gray7 squares
Start with the Blue region. Together with the Pink and Gray regions it sits entirely in columns 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those columns.
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Queens solution, step by step
Each LinkedIn Queens step places one queen and closes its row, its column, its region and the squares touching it.
Step 1: The Blue, Pink and Gray regions sit entirely in columns 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Yellow, Red and Pink regions sit entirely in rows 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Purple, Orange, Blue, Teal and Gray regions sit entirely in rows 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those rows. A queen in row 2, column 5 would leave the Yellow region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 3, column 2 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 2 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. The Gray region sits entirely in row 4, so no other queen can go in row 4. Column 9 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9 (Green region) (R9C9).
Step 2: The Yellow and Teal regions sit entirely in columns 4 and 5, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Orange region sits entirely in column 6, so no other queen can go in column 6. A queen in row 1, column 3 would leave row 2 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 3 would leave the Teal region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 5, column 4 would leave column 3 with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 6, column 6 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 6 (R8C6).
Step 3: Row 7 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 2 (Blue region) (R7C2).
Step 4: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 1 (R1C1).
Step 5: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 7 (R3C7).
Step 6: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 8 (R6C8).
Step 7: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 4 (R2C4).
Step 8: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 5 (R5C5).
Step 9: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 3 (R4C3).
Put the queens on R1C1, R2C4, R3C7, R4C3, R5C5, R6C8, R7C2, R8C6, R9C9. That is one queen in every row, every column and every one of the 9 color regions, and no two queens touch.
Which region do you start with in Queens #810?
Start with the Blue region. Together with the Pink and Gray regions it sits entirely in columns 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those columns.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #810?
R1C1, R2C4, R3C7, R4C3, R5C5, R6C8, R7C2, R8C6, R9C9. In words: row 1 is column 1, row 2 is column 4, row 3 is column 7, row 4 is column 3, row 5 is column 5, row 6 is column 8, row 7 is column 2, row 8 is column 6, row 9 is column 9.