Discrete Peaceful Encampments: 9 queens on a chessboard












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Here's a discrete variation of yesterday's puzzle Peaceful Encampments.




You have 8 white queens and 8 black queens. Place all these pieces onto a normal 8x8 chessboard in such a way that no white queen threatens a black queen (nor vice versa).




Or, phrasing the puzzle in a way parallel to Black and white queens on an 8x8 chessboard — changing only one word from that puzzle — I would say:




What is the largest number of queens that can be placed on a regular 8×8 chessboard, if the following rules are met:




  1. A queen can be either black or white, and there can be unequal numbers of each type.

  2. A queen must not be threatened by other queens of a different color.

  3. Queens threaten all squares in the same row, column, or diagonal (as in chess). Also, threats are blocked by other queens [not that this matters].




Can you find a way to place more than 8 queens of each color "peacefully" on an 8x8 chessboard?










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    Based on the rules, why couldn't one place 64 white queens or 64 black queens?
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Here's a discrete variation of yesterday's puzzle Peaceful Encampments.




You have 8 white queens and 8 black queens. Place all these pieces onto a normal 8x8 chessboard in such a way that no white queen threatens a black queen (nor vice versa).




Or, phrasing the puzzle in a way parallel to Black and white queens on an 8x8 chessboard — changing only one word from that puzzle — I would say:




What is the largest number of queens that can be placed on a regular 8×8 chessboard, if the following rules are met:




  1. A queen can be either black or white, and there can be unequal numbers of each type.

  2. A queen must not be threatened by other queens of a different color.

  3. Queens threaten all squares in the same row, column, or diagonal (as in chess). Also, threats are blocked by other queens [not that this matters].




Can you find a way to place more than 8 queens of each color "peacefully" on an 8x8 chessboard?










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    Based on the rules, why couldn't one place 64 white queens or 64 black queens?
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    – Jiminion
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Here's a discrete variation of yesterday's puzzle Peaceful Encampments.




You have 8 white queens and 8 black queens. Place all these pieces onto a normal 8x8 chessboard in such a way that no white queen threatens a black queen (nor vice versa).




Or, phrasing the puzzle in a way parallel to Black and white queens on an 8x8 chessboard — changing only one word from that puzzle — I would say:




What is the largest number of queens that can be placed on a regular 8×8 chessboard, if the following rules are met:




  1. A queen can be either black or white, and there can be unequal numbers of each type.

  2. A queen must not be threatened by other queens of a different color.

  3. Queens threaten all squares in the same row, column, or diagonal (as in chess). Also, threats are blocked by other queens [not that this matters].




Can you find a way to place more than 8 queens of each color "peacefully" on an 8x8 chessboard?










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Here's a discrete variation of yesterday's puzzle Peaceful Encampments.




You have 8 white queens and 8 black queens. Place all these pieces onto a normal 8x8 chessboard in such a way that no white queen threatens a black queen (nor vice versa).




Or, phrasing the puzzle in a way parallel to Black and white queens on an 8x8 chessboard — changing only one word from that puzzle — I would say:




What is the largest number of queens that can be placed on a regular 8×8 chessboard, if the following rules are met:




  1. A queen can be either black or white, and there can be unequal numbers of each type.

  2. A queen must not be threatened by other queens of a different color.

  3. Queens threaten all squares in the same row, column, or diagonal (as in chess). Also, threats are blocked by other queens [not that this matters].




Can you find a way to place more than 8 queens of each color "peacefully" on an 8x8 chessboard?







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    Based on the rules, why couldn't one place 64 white queens or 64 black queens?
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    – Jiminion
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    Based on the rules, why couldn't one place 64 white queens or 64 black queens?
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    – Jiminion
    2 mins ago
















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Based on the rules, why couldn't one place 64 white queens or 64 black queens?
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– Jiminion
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Based on the rules, why couldn't one place 64 white queens or 64 black queens?
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Here's 8 peaceful queens of each color:




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I'll keep looking for a way to do 9, but it may not be possible.





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    Here's 8 peaceful queens of each color:




    enter image description here




    I'll keep looking for a way to do 9, but it may not be possible.





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      Here's 8 peaceful queens of each color:




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      I'll keep looking for a way to do 9, but it may not be possible.





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        Here's 8 peaceful queens of each color:




        enter image description here




        I'll keep looking for a way to do 9, but it may not be possible.





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        Here's 8 peaceful queens of each color:




        enter image description here




        I'll keep looking for a way to do 9, but it may not be possible.






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