LinkedIn Queens answer for Wednesday, August 12: #834
LinkedIn Queens #834 is the puzzle for Wednesday, August 12, 2026: an 8x8 board with 8 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
Updated 9:49 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Wednesday, August 12
The board
Purple4 squares
Orange36 squares
Blue4 squares
Green4 squares
Yellow4 squares
Red4 squares
Pink4 squares
Teal4 squares
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Red region it sits entirely in columns 1 and 2, so no other queen can go in those columns.
0 of 8 queens shown
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 Purple and Red regions sit entirely in columns 1 and 2, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 3 (R5C3).
Step 2: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 4 (R7C4).
Step 3: The Yellow region sits entirely in row 4, so no other queen can go in row 4. The Blue and Teal regions sit entirely in columns 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 6 (R4C6).
Step 4: Column 7 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8 (Teal region) (R8C7).
Step 5: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 1 (R6C1).
Step 6: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 2 (R1C2).
Step 7: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 5 (R2C5).
Step 8: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 8 (R3C8).
Put the queens on R1C2, R2C5, R3C8, R4C6, R5C3, R6C1, R7C4, R8C7. That is one queen in every row, every column and every one of the 8 color regions, and no two queens touch.
Which region do you start with in Queens #834?
Start with the Purple region. Together with the Red region it sits entirely in columns 1 and 2, so no other queen can go in those columns.
What are the coordinates of the queens in Queens #834?
R1C2, R2C5, R3C8, R4C6, R5C3, R6C1, R7C4, R8C7. In words: row 1 is column 2, row 2 is column 5, row 3 is column 8, row 4 is column 6, row 5 is column 3, row 6 is column 1, row 7 is column 4, row 8 is column 7.