Queens Puzzles

Simple Logic Puzzles

Practice logic by doing these simple picture puzzles. Find more on Linked in by searching for Queens where they appear daily.

Create your own for your friends to do.

Find Puzzles and solutions below

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Place Queens in the grid one in each of the separately coloured  territories of the grid so that there is:

  • there is only one queen in each row
  • there is only one queen in each column
  • no two queens touch vertically, diagonally or horizontally.

The puzzles with solutions

Puzzle 1

Place the Queens so one is in each row, column and coloured area, and no two are adjacent vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

Puzzle 2

Place the Queens so one is in each row, column and coloured area, and no two are adjacent vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

Halloween “Maggot” Puzzle

Place maggots in the pumpkin picture (TO COME)


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