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In chess it is possible to place eight queens on the board so that no one queen can be taken by any

other. Write a program that will determine all such possible arrangements for eight queens given the
initial position of one of the queens.
Do not attempt to write a program which evaluates every possible 8 configuration of 8 queens placed
on the board. This would require 88 evaluations and would bring the system to its knees. There will
be a reasonable run time constraint placed on your program.

Input
The first line of the input contains the number of datasets,
and it’s followed by a blank line.
Each dataset contains a pair of positive integers separated
by a single space. The numbers represent the square on which
one of the eight queens must be positioned. A valid square
will be represented; it will not be necessary to validate the
input.
To standardize our notation, assume that the upper left-
most corner of the board is position (1,1). Rows run hori-
zontally and the top row is row 1. Columns are vertical and
column 1 is the left-most column. Any reference to a square
is by row then column; thus square (4,6) means row 4, column
6.
Each dataset is separated by a blank line.

Output
Output for each dataset will consist of a one-line-per-solution representation.
Each solution will be sequentially numbered 1 . . . N . Each solution will consist of 8 numbers. Each
of the 8 numbers will be the ROW coordinate for that solution. The column coordinate will be indicated
by the order in which the 8 numbers are printed. That is, the first number represents the ROW in
which the queen is positioned in column 1; the second number represents the ROW in which the queen
is positioned in column 2, and so on.
Notes:
The sample input below produces 4 solutions. The full 8 × 8 representation of each solution is shown
below.

DO NOT SUBMIT THE BOARD MATRICES AS PART OF YOUR SOLUTION!

SOLUTION 1 SOLUTION 2 SOLUTION 3 SOLUTION 4

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Submit only the one-line, 8 digit representation of each solution as described earlier. Solution #1
below indicates that there is a queen at Row 1, Column 1; Row 5, Column 2; Row 8, Column 3; Row
6, Column 4; Row 3,Column 5; ... Row 4, Column 8.
Include the two lines of column headings as shown below in the sample output and print the
solutions in lexicographical order.

Sample Input
1

1 1

Sample Output
SOLN COLUMN
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 1 5 8 6 3 7 2 4
2 1 6 8 3 7 4 2 5
3 1 7 4 6 8 2 5 3
4 1 7 5 8 2 4 6 3

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