diff --git a/lib/minikanren/queens.sx b/lib/minikanren/queens.sx
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+;; lib/minikanren/queens.sx — N-queens via ino + all-distincto + project.
+;;
+;; Encoding: q = (c1 c2 ... cn) where ci is the column of the queen in
+;; row i. Each ci ∈ {1..n}; all distinct (no two queens share a column);
+;; no two queens on the same diagonal (|ci - cj| ≠ |i - j| for i ≠ j).
+;;
+;; The diagonal check uses `project` to escape into host arithmetic
+;; once both column values are ground.
+
+(define
+  safe-diag
+  (fn
+    (a b dist)
+    (project (a b) (if (= (abs (- a b)) dist) fail succeed))))
+
+(define
+  safe-cell-vs-rest
+  (fn
+    (c c-row others next-row)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? others) succeed)
+      (:else
+        (mk-conj
+          (safe-diag c (first others) (- next-row c-row))
+          (safe-cell-vs-rest c c-row (rest others) (+ next-row 1)))))))
+
+(define
+  all-cells-safe
+  (fn
+    (cols start-row)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? cols) succeed)
+      (:else
+        (mk-conj
+          (safe-cell-vs-rest
+            (first cols)
+            start-row
+            (rest cols)
+            (+ start-row 1))
+          (all-cells-safe (rest cols) (+ start-row 1)))))))
+
+(define
+  range-1-to-n
+  (fn
+    (n)
+    (cond
+      ((= n 0) (list))
+      (:else (append (range-1-to-n (- n 1)) (list n))))))
+
+(define
+  ino-each
+  (fn
+    (cols dom)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? cols) succeed)
+      (:else (mk-conj (ino (first cols) dom) (ino-each (rest cols) dom))))))
+
+(define
+  queens-cols
+  (fn
+    (cols n)
+    (let
+      ((dom (range-1-to-n n)))
+      (mk-conj
+        (ino-each cols dom)
+        (all-distincto cols)
+        (all-cells-safe cols 1)))))
diff --git a/lib/minikanren/tests/queens.sx b/lib/minikanren/tests/queens.sx
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+;; lib/minikanren/tests/queens.sx — N-queens, the classic miniKanren benchmark.
+
+;; --- safe-diag (helper) ---
+
+(mk-test
+  "safe-diag-different-cols-different-distance"
+  (run* q (safe-diag 1 4 2))
+  (list (make-symbol "_.0")))
+
+(mk-test
+  "safe-diag-same-distance-fails"
+  (run* q (safe-diag 1 4 3))
+  (list))
+
+(mk-test
+  "safe-diag-same-distance-other-direction-fails"
+  (run* q (safe-diag 4 1 3))
+  (list))
+
+;; --- ino-each / range ---
+
+(mk-test
+  "range-1-to-4"
+  (range-1-to-n 4)
+  (list 1 2 3 4))
+(mk-test "range-empty" (range-1-to-n 0) (list))
+
+;; --- 4-queens: two solutions ---
+
+(mk-test
+  "queens-4"
+  (let
+    ((sols (run* q (fresh (a b c d) (== q (list a b c d)) (queens-cols (list a b c d) 4)))))
+    (and
+      (= (len sols) 2)
+      (and
+        (some
+          (fn (s) (= s (list 2 4 1 3)))
+          sols)
+        (some
+          (fn (s) (= s (list 3 1 4 2)))
+          sols))))
+  true)
+
+(mk-tests-run!)
diff --git a/plans/minikanren-on-sx.md b/plans/minikanren-on-sx.md
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--- a/plans/minikanren-on-sx.md
+++ b/plans/minikanren-on-sx.md
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ _(none yet)_
 
 _Newest first._
 
+- **2026-05-08** — **N-queens (classic miniKanren benchmark green)**:
+  `lib/minikanren/queens.sx`. Encoding cols(i) = column of queen in row i;
+  `ino-each` + `all-distincto` cover row/column constraints; `safe-diag`
+  uses `project` to escape into host arithmetic for the `|c_i - c_j| ≠
+  |i - j|` diagonal check; `all-cells-safe` walks pairs at construction
+  time. `(run* q (fresh (a b c d) (== q (list a b c d)) (queens-cols
+  (list a b c d) 4)))` returns the two valid 4-queens placements
+  `(2 4 1 3)` and `(3 1 4 2)`. 6 new tests, 243/243 cumulative.
 - **2026-05-08** — **Phase 6 piece A — minimal FD (ino + all-distincto)**:
   `lib/minikanren/fd.sx`. `ino` is `membero` with the FD-style argument
   order; `all-distincto` is `nafc + membero` walking the list. Together