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The Eight Queens
No queen may attack another. Place them row by row, and back up when you hit a dead end.
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How to beat it
One queen per row, top to bottom. Try the columns left to right and put her on the first square no queen attacks. Every square attacked? Dead end: pick up the queen in the row above and move her right.
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