Chess Tournament

A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match is out of the game).
(a) If 10 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 20 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?




Similar Riddles

A man wants to cross the pit of fire which is 25 feet in length and he has 2 planks(fire resistant) 19 feet in length. How can he cross the pit of fire alive?

Asked by Neha on 02 Oct 2025


When I get multiplied by any number, the sum of the figures in the product is always me. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 10 Oct 2021

How many cubic feet of dirt are in a hole of one foot deep, three feet long, and two feet wide?

Asked by Neha on 13 Feb 2021


Solve the equation in the image by looking at the pattern closely.

Match the Box

Asked by Neha on 15 Feb 2024

A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?

Asked by Neha on 02 Mar 2022

Can you replace the question mark with the correct number in the below table sequence?

Complete the table Sequence

Asked by Neha on 23 Feb 2025


John is asked to stand behind Jacob and Jacob is asked to stand behind John. Both of them feel confused about it and don't know what to do?

But it is quite possible, do you know how?

Asked by Neha on 28 Jan 2021

Can you decipher the two rows to find the hidden word?


Make the Word

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2021

I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.

Asked by Neha on 21 Aug 2025


What does the following BrainBat signifies?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZ

QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ.

Asked by Neha on 21 Jan 2021

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Out of the Box

The phrase “thinking outside the box” was popularised from the solution to a topographical puzzle involving 9 dots in a box shape.