Initial Board: [5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2], score=6 (6 conflicting positions)

Generate 4 boards from this Initial Board:
Top4= [[3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  [conflicts, board]
       [3, [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
       [4, [5, 0, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
       [7, [7, 5, 3, 4, 1, 4, 4, 1]]
 
i=0  GENERATION 0
Clone the first board to the last (dropping the last place board):
New Top4 after cloning first board to last = 
     [[3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  Pos 0
      [3, [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  Pos 1
      [4, [5, 0, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  Pos 2 
      [3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]  Pos 3

Parent 1 is the board at Pos 0.
Choose Parent 2 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 1 and 2 at this point:

Combining [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 0, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2] at pos=2
Crossover point=2
After crossover: Offspring 1: [5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2], 
                 Offspring 2: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Parent 3 is clone of Parent 1 at Pos 3
Choose Parent 4 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 3 and 4 at this point:

Combining [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2] at pos=1
Crossover point=1
After crossover: Offspring 3: [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2], 
                 Offspring 4: [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Adding offspring 1: [5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[6, [5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Adding offspring 2: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[6, [5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Adding offspring 3: [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[6, [5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [3, [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Add offspring 4 to top4 and sort:
    New top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  Pos 0 
               [3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  Pos 1
               [3, [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  Pos 2
               [6, [5, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]  Pos 3

i=1 GENERATION 2
New Top4 after cloning first board to last, dropping last place board = 
              [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], Pos 0
               [3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], Pos 1
               [3, [5, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 1, 2]], Pos 2
               [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]] Pos 3

Parent 1 is the board at Pos 0.
Choose Parent 2 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 1 and 2 at this point:

Combining [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] at pos=1
Crossover point=2

After crossover: Offspring 1: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2], 
                 Offspring 2: [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Parent 3 is clone of Parent 1 at Pos 3
Choose Parent 4 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 3 and 4 at this point:

Combining [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] at pos=1
Crossover point=4

After crossover: Offspring 3: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2], 
                 Offspring 4: [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Adding offspring 1: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]
Adding offspring 2: [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Offspring 3: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] is already in top4 

Mutate offspring 3 to [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7] 

Add mutated offspring 3: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7] 
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]]]

Offspring 4: [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] is already in top4

Mutate offspring 4 to [5, 7, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Add mutated offspring 4 and sort
   New top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]], 
              [2, [5, 7, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [3, [5, 3, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

i=2 GENERATION 2

New Top4 after cloning first board to last = 
             [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], Pos 0
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]], Pos 1
              [2, [5, 7, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], Pos 2
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]] Pos 3

Parent 1 is the board at Pos 0.
Choose Parent 2 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 1 and 2 at this point:

Combining [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7] at pos=1
Crossover point=2

After crossover: Offspring 1: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7], 
                 Offspring 2: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]


Parent 3 is clone of Parent 1 at Pos 3
Choose Parent 4 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 3 and 4 at this point:

Combining [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 7, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] at pos=2
Crossover point=5

After crossover: Offspring 3: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2], 
                 Offspring 4: [5, 7, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Adding offspring 1: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7] 
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]]]

Adding offspring 2: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Offspring 3: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] is already in top4

Mutate offspring3 to [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7], but it is already in top4

Mutate offspring3 to [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] for count=2

Add mutated offspring3 to top4: 
             [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Add offspring4 to top4 and sort
   New top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]], 
              [2, [5, 7, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

i=3 GENERATION 3
New Top4 after cloning first board to last = 
             [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]],  Pos 0
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]],  Pos 1
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]],  Pos 2
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]  Pos 3

Parent 1 is the board at Pos 0.
Choose Parent 2 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 1 and 2 at this point:

Combining [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] at pos=1
Crossover point=4

After crossover: Offspring 1: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5], 
                 Offspring 2: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Parent 3 is clone of Parent 1 at Pos 3
Choose Parent 4 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 3 and 4 at this point:

Combining [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] with [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] at pos=1
Crossover point=3

After crossover: Offspring 3: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5], 
                 Offspring 4: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]

Adding offspring1: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] 
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Adding offspring2: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Offspring3: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] is already in top4

Mutate offspring3 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]

Add mutated offspring3
    to top4: [[2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Offspring4: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] is already in top4

Mutate offspring4 to [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]

Add mutated offspring4 to top4 and sort:
    New top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
               [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
               [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
               [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 7]]]

i=4  GENERATION 4

New Top4 after cloning first board to last = 
             [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], Pos 0
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], Pos 1
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], Pos 2
              [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]] Pos 3

Parent 1 is the board at Pos 0.
Choose Parent 2 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 1 and 2 at this point:

Combining [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] with [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] at pos=1
Crossover point=2

After crossover: Offspring 1: [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2], 
                 Offspring 2: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]

Parent 3 is clone of Parent 1 at Pos 3
Choose Parent 4 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 3 and 4 at this point:

Combining [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] with [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] at pos=2
Crossover point=2

After crossover: Offspring 3: [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5], 
                 Offspring 4: [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]

Adding offspring1 [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
    to top4: [[2, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Adding offspring2 [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] 
    to top4: [[2, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Adding offspring3 [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] 
    to top4: [[2, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
              [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
              [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Offspring4 [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] is already in top4

Mutate offspring4 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5], but this is already in top4

Mutate offspring4 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]. Add to the list and sort:

  New top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [2, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
             [2, [5, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

i=5  GENERATION 5

New Top4 after cloning first board to last = 
           [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
            [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]], 
            [2, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]], 
            [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Parent 1 is the board at Pos 0.
Choose Parent 2 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 1 and 2 at this point:

Combining [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] with [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5] at pos=1
Crossover point=4

After crossover: Offspring 1: [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5], 
                 Offspring 2: [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]

Parent 3 is clone of Parent 1 at Pos 3
Choose Parent 4 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 3 and 4 at this point:

Combining [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] with [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] at pos=2
Crossover point=4

After crossover: Offspring 3: [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2], 
                 Offspring 4: [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]

Adding offspring1 [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5] 
   to top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]]]

Adding offspring2 [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] 
   to top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Adding offspring3 [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2] 
   to top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [2, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

Offspring4 [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] already in top4

Mutate offspring4 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5], this is already on the list
Mutate offspring4 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 5], add this to the list and sort:

New top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 5]], 
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]], 
           [2, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 2]]]

i=6 GENERATION 6

New Top4 after cloning first board to last = 
          [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]],  Pos 0
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 5]],  Pos 1
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]],  Pos 2
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]  Pos 3

Parent 1 is the board at Pos 0.
Choose Parent 2 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 1 and 2 at this point:

Combining [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] with [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5] at pos=2
Crossover point=2

After crossover: Offspring 1: [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5], 
                 Offspring 2: [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]

Parent 3 is clone of Parent 1 at Pos 3
Choose Parent 4 randomly from Pos 1 or Pos 2:
Choose a random crossover point and crossover parents 3 and 4 at this point:

Combining [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] with [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5] at pos=2
Crossover point=4

After crossover: Offspring 3: [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5], 
                 Offspring 4: [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]

Adding offspring1 [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5] 
   to top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]]]

Adding offspring2 [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] 
   to top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]]]

Offspring3 [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5] is already in top4

Mutate offspring3 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 5], add 
   to top4: [[1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
             [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 5]]]

Offspring4 [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5] is already in top4

Mutate offspring4 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5], but this is already in top4
Mutate offspring4 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 5], but this is already in top4
Mutate offspring4 to [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 2, 5], add this to the list and sort:

New top4: [[0, [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 2, 5]], 
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 0, 6, 1, 5]], 
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 5]], 
           [1, [3, 0, 4, 7, 4, 6, 1, 5]]]

Solution board found at GENERATION 6: [0, [3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 6, 2, 5]]