[CV130] Too Many Queens 5

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Too Many Queens 5
Game	Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Number	130
Type	Chess
Location	Layton's Challenges
Solved by	Luke
Picarats	99
Mandatory	No
Reward	None
In other languages
日本語	クイーンの問題５ kuīn no mondai 5
Deutsch	Zu viele Damen 5
Español	Demasiadas reinas 5
Français	Dames en folie 5
Italiano	Troppe regine 5
한국의	체스판의 퀸5

Too Many Queens 5 is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Curious Village.

Puzzle

In chess, the queen can move the full length of the board diagonally, vertically, and horizontally.

So, here we are. This is the big one. See if you can place eight queens on this 8x8 chessboard. The rules are the same as before: don't let any piece block another's line of movement.

Hints

• →
• Hint 1
• Hint 2
• Hint 3

Click a Tab to reveal the Hint.

You're an old hand at these puzzles, so why not try to solve this one on your own?

Just so you know, there are 92 possible solutions to this puzzle.

Sorry, no hints!

Hey, didn't you read Hint Two?! No hints!

Solution

Correct

US Version

Way to go!

You've finally worked your way up to an official size chessboard, 8x8. Because this classic puzzle requires the solver to place eight queens, it's known as the Eight Queens Puzzle.

If you consider rotations and mirrored solutions as separate answers, there are 92 answers to this puzzle. Without any of the above factors, there are only 12 answers.

UK Version

Well done!

You've finally worked your way up to an official size chessboard, 8x8. Because this classic puzzle requires the solver to place eight queens, it's known as the Eight Queens Puzzle.

If you consider rotations and mirrored solutions as separate answers, there are 92 answers to this puzzle. Without any of the above factors, there are only 12 answers.

Trivia

• In the German version of the game it is claimed that there are only 10 solutions to the puzzle without the individual variations through rotations and reflections, but in fact there are 12 solutions in total. In the other language versions, however, the number of possible solutions is given correctly.