Solving N-Queens Problem… How far can we go?

Question

The N-Queens Problem:

This problem states that given a chess board of size N by N, find the different permutations in which N queens can be placed on the board with

Answer 1

If you only want 1 solution then it can be found greedily in linear time O(N). My code in python:

import numpy as np

n = int(raw_input("Enter n: "))

rs = np.zeros(n,dtype=np.int64)
board=np.zeros((n,n),dtype=np.int64)

k=0

if n%6==2 :

    for i in range(2,n+1,2) :
        #print i,
        rs[k]=i-1
        k+=1

    rs[k]=3-1
    k+=1
    rs[k]=1-1
    k+=1

    for i in range(7,n+1,2) :
        rs[k]=i-1
        k+=1

    rs[k]=5-1

elif n%6==3 :

    rs[k]=4-1
    k+=1

    for i in range(6,n+1,2) :
        rs[k]=i-1
        k+=1

    rs[k]=2-1
    k+=1

    for i in range(5,n+1,2) :

        rs[k]=i-1
        k+=1

    rs[k]=1-1
    k+=1
    rs[k]=3-1

else :

    for i in range(2,n+1,2) :

        rs[k]=i-1
        k+=1

    for i in range(1,n+1,2) :

        rs[k]=i-1
        k+=1

for i in range(n) :
    board[rs[i]][i]=1

print "\n"

for i in range(n) :

    for j in range(n) :

        print board[i][j],

    print

Here, however printing takes O(N^2) time and also python being a slower language any one can try implementing it in other languages like C/C++ or Java. But even with python it will get the first solution for n=1000 within 1 or 2 seconds.