Practice by difficulty

Easy Queens Puzzles

Build confidence with a selected set of easy Queens puzzles. Start with a compact board and check one constraint at a time.

20 published puzzles across several sizes. Difficulty comes from the puzzle label, not the width of its board; labels are algorithmic estimates, and solving times vary.

Choose your board

A reliable beginner routine

1. Check each row, column and region for the only remaining candidate.
2. Look for a region whose candidates share one line: use line locks to exclude outside cells.
3. Queens cannot touch, including corner to corner; they do not attack along a full chess diagonal.

New to the rules? See legal and illegal placements. Working on your own board? Open the Queens Solver.