LinkedIn Queens answer for Friday, October 9: #892

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.

1. Step 1: The Purple, Orange and Blue regions sit entirely in rows 1, 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 1 (R4C1).
2. Step 2: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 8 (R5C8).
3. Step 3: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 6 (R6C6).
4. Step 4: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 7 (R2C7).
5. Step 5: Row 3 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 5 (Orange region) (R3C5).
6. Step 6: The Teal region sits entirely in row 7, so no other queen can go in row 7. Column 4 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8 (Yellow region) (R8C4).
7. Step 7: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 2 (R7C2).
8. Step 8: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 3 (R1C3).

Answer coordinates: R1C3, R2C7, R3C5, R4C1, R5C8, R6C6, R7C2, R8C4