Eight Queens Puzzle
Welcome to Eight Queens Puzzle!
THE CHALLENGE: Can you place EIGHT chess queens on an 8X8 chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other?
THE HISTORY: The 'eight queens puzzle" was published in 1848 by Max Bezzel and solved by Franz Nauck. Many mathematicians, including Carl Friedrich Gauss have worked on the puzzle and its expanded versions.
There are billions of possible arrangements of eight queens on an 8X8 board, making 'brute-force' computational techniques expensive.Click on an empty square to add your Queens! If you are able to find a way to add 8 queens, you win!