LinkedIn Queens answer for Sunday, November 8: #922

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, Yellow and Pink regions sit entirely in rows 7, 8 and 9, so no other queen can go in those rows. The Orange region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 6, column 7 (R6C7).
2. Step 2: The Yellow and Beige regions sit entirely in columns 8 and 9, so no other queen can go in those columns. The Red region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 4, column 6 (R4C6).
3. Step 3: The Purple region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 3, column 4 (R3C4).
4. Step 4: A queen in row 9, column 2 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. A queen in row 9, column 3 would leave the Blue region with no open square, so that square is out. The Pink region sits entirely in column 1, so no other queen can go in column 1. The Green region sits entirely in row 1, so no other queen can go in row 1. The Beige region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 2, column 9 (R2C9).
5. Step 5: The Yellow region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 9, column 8 (R9C8).
6. Step 6: The Blue region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 8, column 3 (R8C3).
7. Step 7: The Gray region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 5, column 2 (R5C2).
8. Step 8: The Green region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 1, column 5 (R1C5).
9. Step 9: The Pink region has only one open square left, so its queen goes in row 7, column 1 (R7C1).

Answer coordinates: R1C5, R2C9, R3C4, R4C6, R5C2, R6C7, R7C1, R8C3, R9C8