Difficult puzzles, brain teasers and conundrums

Puzzles, riddles, brain teasers, conundrums, logic questions in pictures. All the logic questions here are more difficult than the average in other sections of the site. You will most likely need more time to complete them than usual. But you can look at the answers and explanations for all these logic riddles, brain teasers and conundrums. To check your answer, click on the «Answer» button located below the task. After this, the correct answer and explanations will appear. Below you can select other questions on this topic. Typically each topic has 20 questions or more. At the same time, the complexity of logical problems gradually increases. First there will be easy questions, then medium, then difficult. Try to complete tasks as quickly as possible.
Question - 1
In this puzzle, the queen placements are marked with small circles. You must insert the correct number in place of the question mark.
Correct answer = 2.
Here in the bottom image, instead of circles, there are chess pieces - a queen. In cells with numbers, you need to count the number of queens that can move to this cell in one move. That is, how many queens are under attack on this cell. Below in the image you can see that the cell where there is a question mark is under attack by only two queens.
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