Squares in Chess Board

In the attached figure, you can see a chessboard and two rooks placed on the chess board. What you have to find is the number of squares that do not contain the rooks. How many are there?

Squares in Chess Board




Similar Riddles

Can you find the missing piece of the Porsche?

Find the missing part

Asked by Neha on 23 Jun 2023


John’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?

Asked by Neha on 14 Feb 2022

Can you find a five letter word that is left with only two letters if one is removed?

Asked by Neha on 20 Jul 2021


Can you find out which options fits best with the missing column?

Fit the Blocks

Asked by Neha on 28 Dec 2020

If Rajina's daughter is my daughter's mom, who am I to Rajina?

Asked by Neha on 11 Dec 2023

Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

Asked by Neha on 17 May 2021


John has played 50 ODI's and his average is 50. How many runs should he score in his 51st ODI, so that his average score jumps to 51?

Asked by Neha on 24 Nov 2025

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

Asked by Neha on 18 Mar 2022

A number with an interesting property:

When I divide it by 2, the remainder is 1.
When I divide it by 3, the remainder is 2.
When I divide it by 4, the remainder is 3.
When I divide it by 5, the remainder is 4.
When I divide it by 6, the remainder is 5.
When I divide it by 7, the remainder is 6.
When I divide it by 8, the remainder is 7.
When I divide it by 9, the remainder is 8.
When I divide it by 10, the remainder is 9.

It's not a small number, but it's not really big, either.
When I looked for a smaller number with this property I couldn't find one.

Can you find it?

Asked by Neha on 21 Nov 2024


I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 20 Apr 2023

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Word ladder puzzle

The word ladder puzzle was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.