The 8 queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other. Thus, a solution requires that no two queens share the same row, column, or diagonal.

The eight queens puzzle has 92 distinct solutions. If solutions that differ only by symmetry operations (rotations and reflections) of the board are counted as one, the puzzle has 12 fundamental solutions.

Here are the steps to find the solutions:

1. Start in the leftmost column
2. If all queens are placed
return true
3. Try all rows in the current column.
Do following for every tried row.
a. If the queen can be placed safely in this row
then mark this [cell] and move to next column to place the next queen.
b. If placing the queen in [cell] leads to a solution then return true.
c. If placing queen doesn't lead to a solution then unmark this [cell] and go to step (a) to try other rows.
3. If all rows have been tried and nothing worked, return false to trigger backtracking.

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The 8 queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other. Thus, a solution requires that no two queens share the same row, column, or diagonal.

The eight queens puzzle has 92 distinct solutions. If solutions that differ only by symmetry operations (rotations and reflections) of the board are counted as one, the puzzle has 12 fundamental solutions.

Here are the steps to find the solutions:

1. Start in the leftmost column
2. If all queens are placed
    return true
3. Try all rows in the current column. 
   Do following for every tried row.
    a. If the queen can be placed safely in this row 
       then mark this [cell] and move to next column to place the next queen.
    b. If placing the queen in [cell] leads to a solution then return true.
    c. If placing queen doesn't lead to a solution then unmark this [cell] and go to step (a) to try other rows.
3. If all rows have been tried and nothing worked, return false to trigger backtracking.

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The 8 queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other. Thus, a solution requires that no two queens share the same row, column, or diagonal.

The eight queens puzzle has 92 distinct solutions. If solutions that differ only by symmetry operations (rotations and reflections) of the board are counted as one, the puzzle has 12 fundamental solutions.

Here are the steps to find the solutions:

1. Start in the leftmost column
2. If all queens are placed
    return true
3. Try all rows in the current column. 
   Do following for every tried row.
    a. If the queen can be placed safely in this row 
       then mark this [cell] and move to next column to place the next queen.
    b. If placing the queen in [cell] leads to a solution then return true.
    c. If placing queen doesn't lead to a solution then unmark this [cell] and go to step (a) to try other rows.
3. If all rows have been tried and nothing worked, return false to trigger backtracking.

How many solutions are there for 8 queens on 8*8 board?

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