LinkedIn Queens answer for Saturday, November 7: #921

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 Blue region sits entirely in row 1, so no other queen can go in row 1. The Orange region sits entirely in column 9, so no other queen can go in column 9. The Blue, Yellow and Red regions sit entirely in columns 6, 7 and 8, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Purple region sits entirely in column 5, so no other queen can go in column 5. The Pink region sits entirely in column 4, so no other queen can go in column 4. The Green and Teal regions sit entirely in columns 2 and 3, so no other queen can go in those columns. Row 9 has only one open square left, so its queen goes in column 1 (Gray region) (R9C1).
2. Step 2: The Purple, Green and Yellow regions sit entirely in rows 2, 3 and 4, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 9 (R5C9).
3. Step 3: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 4 (R7C4).
4. Step 4: The Teal region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 2 (R6C2).
5. Step 5: The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 6 (R8C6).
6. Step 6: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 7 (R1C7).
7. Step 7: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 8 (R3C8).
8. Step 8: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 3 (R4C3).
9. Step 9: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 5 (R2C5).

Answer coordinates: R1C7, R2C5, R3C8, R4C3, R5C9, R6C2, R7C4, R8C6, R9C1