Queens and Chessboards
Probability
Level
2
What is the maximum number of queens that can be placed on a regular
chessboard, such that not a single one of them threatens another?
The answer is 8.
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1 solution
There can be no more than 8 queens, since each one controls one diagonal. The following image shows how it can be done: