The chessboard consists of 64 equally large
squares in eight rows and eight columns. The board
must be placed on the table in such a way that
there is a white square in the lower-right corner
when seen from the player’s point of view.
The pieces are positioned as shown in figure 2a.
The queen always stands on a square of her own
colour (the white queen on a white square and
the black queen on a black square). One player
plays with the white pieces and the other player
plays with the black pieces. The white player al-
ways starts.
CHESS
The king
The king moves one square in any direction (see
figure 3). In contrast with all other pieces, the king
enjoys the privilege that he cannot be taken without
the warning “Check!” being expressed in advance
to draw the player’s attention to the threat by an
opponent’s piece. 3
Moving the pieces
2a
Each player has
sixteen pieces
(figure 2b):
1 king
1 queen
2 rooks
2 bishops
2 knights
8 pawns
2b
10b
Playing instruction
