Number of squares on a chess board

The correct answer is 64.

Key Points

• A standard chess board has 64 squares.
• A chessboard is a type of gameboard used for a chess game on which pawns and pieces of chess are kept.
• A chessboard is usually square in shape with an alternating pattern of squares in two colours.
• The traditional wooden boards are made of unstained light and dark brown woods.
• In the western chessboard, there is a square shape with its side being divided into eight parts resulting in a total of sixty-four squares.
• The total number of squares on different chess boards may range from nine to one hundred and twelve.
• The chess notation such as descriptive, algebraic, or numeric can be used to identify each individual square of the board.
• In the two dimensional board:
  • Each horizontal row of squares is called a rank.
  • Each vertical column of the square is called a file.
  • Each oblique line of squares of the same colour is called a diagonal.