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A342151
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Maximum number of safe (i.e., not attacked) squares when placing n queens on a standard 8 X 8 chessboard.
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1
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42, 31, 25, 24, 17, 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
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1,1
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On a standard chessboard, one can place from 1 to 64 queens. By arranging them in specific patterns, one can maximize the number of "safe" squares, i.e., squares that are not attacked by any queen.
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EXAMPLE
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a(8)=11 because the maximum number of safe squares when 8 queens are placed on a regular 8 X 8 chessboard is 11. In the diagram below, each Q represents a queen and each s is a safe square:
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Q Q Q . . . . .
. Q Q Q . . . .
. . . . . s s s
. . . . . . s s
. . . . . . . s
Q Q . . . . . .
. . . . s s . .
. . . . s s s .
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This is in fact the "first" solution (when all possible ones are sorted), with the queens nearest the top-left corner.
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A001366, which answers the same question but on boards of different sizes and same number of queens.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,fini,full
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STATUS
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approved
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