8x8 Attacking Queens Timings:

System:

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AbsoluteTiming[​​FindIndependentVertexSet[ResourceFunction["QueensGraph"][8],{8},All]//Length​​]
Out[]=
{0.397034,92}

WFR:

queenCoversData[size_]:=Table[​​Flatten[ReplacePart[Table[​​If[Or[i==k,j==l,i+j==k+l,i-j==k-l],0,Blank[]],​​{i,Part[size,1]},{j,Part[size,2]}],{k,l}->1]],​​{k,Part[size,1]},{l,Part[size,2]}]
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rowsCombine[r1_,r2_]:=Catch[MapThread[​​Function[{x,y},Switch[{x,y},{Verbatim[Blank[]],Blank[]},y,{Blank[],Verbatim[Blank[]]},x,{Blank[],Blank[]},​​If[x===y,x,Throw[Nothing]]]],{r1,r2}]]
AbsoluteTiming[​​ResourceFunction["DepthFirstSearch"][​​rowsCombine,ConstantArray[_,64],​​queenCoversData[{8,8}],​​True&,​​All]//Length]
Out[]=
{1.14994,92}

Counting nodes on search graph:

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g1=Graph[ResourceFunction["DepthFirstSearch"][​​rowsCombine,ConstantArray[_,64],queenCoversData[{8,8}],​​True&,​​All,True]["Edges"],​​GraphLayout->"LayeredDigraphEmbedding",​​AspectRatio->2/3​​]
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TreeGraphQ[g1]
Out[]=
True
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VertexCount[g1]
Out[]=
2057

Disorder, try again:

g2=Graph[ResourceFunction["DepthFirstSearch"][​​rowsCombine,ConstantArray[_,64],RandomSample[​​RandomSample/@queenCoversData[{8,8}]​​],​​True&,​​All,True]["Edges"],​​GraphLayout->"LayeredDigraphEmbedding",​​AspectRatio->2/3​​]
Out[]=
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Count[GraphDistanceMatrix[g2][[​​Position[VertexList[g2],​​Verbatim@Select[VertexList[g2],​​VertexInDegree[g2,#]==0&][[1]]][[1,1]]]],8]
Out[]=
92
In[]:=
TreeGraphQ[g2]
Out[]=
True
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VertexCount[g2]
Out[]=
3043