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2026-07-04
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Full breakdown using the Solver walkthrough format — row-by-row placements, region scans, and strategy notes.
Overview
LinkedIn Queens #816 is the LinkedIn Queens daily for July 25, 2026. Queens is LinkedIn's logic puzzle: place exactly one queen in every row, column, and colored region on a 9×9 board, with no two queens touching—even diagonally. This page includes the live board, a solved-board view, and a step-by-step Solution walkthrough. Difficulty: Hard. Estimated solve time: 6–10 min.
Answer
Final queen coordinates for this board:
R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6
Several color regions span only a few cells — scan those regions first because they often force a queen into a single row or column.
Analysis
I solve LinkedIn Queens #816 row by row on a 9×9 grid. 9 regions, 9 queens total. My final map: R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6. X marks do most of the work before I commit each crown.
Before placing anything I mark X on every cell blocked by givens — then I hunt the tightest region. Several color regions span only a few cells — scan those regions first because they often force a queen into a single row or column.
I place queen 1 at R1C5. Row 1, column 5 is the forced queen once region 2, row, column, and touch rules are applied together. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 2 at R2C2. Row 2, column 2 is the forced queen once region 1, row, column, and touch rules are applied together. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 3 at R3C4. Row 3, column 4 is the forced queen once region 4, row, column, and touch rules are applied together. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 4 at R4C7. Region 5 only touches row 4 once on this board, so its queen must land at column 7. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 5 at R5C3. Row 5, column 3 is the forced queen once region 6, row, column, and touch rules are applied together. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 6 at R6C8. Region 3 only touches row 6 once on this board, so its queen must land at column 8. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 7 at R7C1. Region 9 only touches row 7 once on this board, so its queen must land at column 1. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 8 at R8C9. After eliminations, row 8 has one legal square left — column 9. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
I place queen 9 at R9C6. After eliminations, row 9 has one legal square left — column 6. That clears a chunk of the grid via auto X marks.
Done — R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6. Every row and region checked twice. Several color regions span only a few cells — scan those regions first because they often force a queen into a single row or column.
Rows
Placement insight
Row 1, column 5 is the forced queen once region 2, row, column, and touch rules are applied together.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 1, column 5, and region 2. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for elimination patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
Row 2, column 2 is the forced queen once region 1, row, column, and touch rules are applied together.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 2, column 2, and region 1. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for elimination patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
Row 3, column 4 is the forced queen once region 4, row, column, and touch rules are applied together.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 3, column 4, and region 4. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for elimination patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
Region 5 only touches row 4 once on this board, so its queen must land at column 7.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 4, column 7, and region 5. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for region Pin patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
Row 5, column 3 is the forced queen once region 6, row, column, and touch rules are applied together.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 5, column 3, and region 6. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for elimination patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
Region 3 only touches row 6 once on this board, so its queen must land at column 8.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 6, column 8, and region 3. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for region Pin patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
Region 9 only touches row 7 once on this board, so its queen must land at column 1.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 7, column 1, and region 9. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for region Pin patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
After eliminations, row 8 has one legal square left — column 9.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 8, column 9, and region 7. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for row Scan patterns on similar boards.
Placement insight
After eliminations, row 9 has one legal square left — column 6.
Solving note
Placing here claims row 9, column 6, and region 8. Auto X marks will block 80 other cells from holding another queen in those units. Watch for row Scan patterns on similar boards.
Verification
I trust R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6 because every queen I placed matched the only legal square left in its row after X marks. Wrong squares would collide on row, column, region, or diagonal.
Takeaways
Row reveals in order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 matched how eliminations opened up — R1C5, R2C2, R3C4, R4C7, R5C3, R6C8, R7C1, R8C9, R9C6.
Two queens diagonally adjacent invalidate the whole board — scan diagonals when a region looks free.
Retry LinkedIn Queens #816 using one less hint — target under five minutes on 9×9.