LinkedIn Queens answer for Sunday, August 23: #845
LinkedIn Queens #845 is the puzzle for Sunday, August 23, 2026: an 9x9 board with 9 color regions, and one queen to place in every row, column and region.
- Updated 9:51 AM PT, Nov 7
- Puzzle date Sunday, August 23
The board
Start with the Gray region. It sits entirely in column 2, so no other queen can go in column 2.
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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 Gray region sits entirely in column 2, so no other queen can go in column 2. A queen in row 1, column 7 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. The Purple and Orange regions sit entirely in columns 8 and 9, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Pink region sits entirely in row 9, so no other queen can go in row 9. The Teal region sits entirely in row 8, so no other queen can go in row 8. The Blue, Yellow, Pink and Teal regions sit entirely in columns 4, 5, 6 and 7, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Beige region sits entirely in column 3, so no other queen can go in column 3. A queen in row 4, column 1 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 3 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 4, column 8 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 8, column 6 would leave the Pink region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 8, column 7 would leave the Pink region with no open square, so that square is out. The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 5 (R8C5).
- Step 2: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9, column 7 (R9C7).
- Step 3: The Yellow region sits entirely in row 5, so no other queen can go in row 5. A queen in row 3, column 1 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 3, column 3 would leave the Gray region with no open square, so that square is out. The Beige region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 3 (R6C3).
- Step 4: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 6 (R5C6).
- Step 5: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 4 (R1C4).
- Step 6: A queen in row 3, column 8 would leave the Purple region with no open square, so that square is out. Column 8 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7 (Purple region) (R7C8).
- Step 7: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 1 (R2C1).
- Step 8: The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 9 (R3C9).
- Step 9: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 2 (R4C2).
Answer coordinates: R1C4, R2C1, R3C9, R4C2, R5C6, R6C3, R7C8, R8C5, R9C7