Boring Facts

Or maybe Quite Interseting - depending upon your point of view...

== Squares ==

There are 204 squares on a chess board.

8 squared + 7 squared ... plus 1 squared



== Opening Moves ==

Q: How many opening moves are there for black in a standard game of chess?

A: 21

Each pawn forward 1 or 2 (=16)

Each knight has two possible moves (=4)

What is the last potential move?

No don't tell me I give up.