Each player begins with 16 pieces. The game is played on an eight-by-eight grid, giving 64 squares. Please see the link.
There are 64 squares on a chessboard.
there are 204 total squares on a chessboard or a checkerboard
64 squares.
A chessboard is not 9 by 9.
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There are 64 squares on a chessboard.
A standard chessboard has 64 squares, arranged in an 8x8 grid. If no pieces are placed on the board, all 64 squares are empty. However, if pieces are set up in their starting positions, there are 32 empty squares remaining. Thus, the number of empty squares depends on the arrangement of pieces.
There are 32 dark chessboard squares with 16 black chessmen .
There are 16 chess pieces per player = 32 total .