NCR Corporation OA 2024 | Determine Color of a Chessboard Square | Math and Parity

Question · Posted Jun 2026

Problem Statement You are given the coordinates of a square on a standard 8 × 8 chessboard. Each square is represented as: A lowercase letter from 'a' to 'h' representing the column. A digit from '1' to '8' representing the row. Determine whether the given square is white or black. Return: true if the square is white. false if the square is black. Chessboard Pattern 8  a8 b8 c8 d8 e8 f8 g8 h8 7  a7 b7 c7 d7 e7 ...

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