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In This Article Expand. The Chess Board. The Chess Pieces. Placing the Rooks. Placing the Knights. Placing the Bishops. Placing the Queens. Placing the Kings. Placing the Pawns. Ready for Play. Featured Video. Read More. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for TheSpruceCrafts. At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page. These choices will be signaled globally to our partners and will not affect browsing data.
We and our partners process data to: Actively scan device characteristics for identification. I Accept Show Purposes. Out of the remaining two squares, king and queen are placed. The white light-colored queen occupies the light-colored square while the black dark-colored queen occupies the dark-colored square. Finally the remaining square on the first row, the king is placed. A chess board has 64 squares, 32 dark and 32 light.
The numbers from represent the 8 rows ranks. And alphabets from a-h represent the 8 columns files. See the image of the chessboard below. So when I say square d5 you can immediately identify that square. Any chess piece if kept on that square will be said to be on the d5 square. Moreover, the positions of the chess pieces when represented in the written format they are known as notations.
The chess players write these notations on each move they make in the professional chess games in a scoresheet. You have to first guess and then check yourself. Which chess pieces start on a1 and h1 square? The light-colored rooks are placed on the a1 and h1 square. So the light-colored rooks start from a1 and h1 square. Which chess pieces start on a8 and h8 square? The dark-colored rooks are placed on the a8 and h8 square on the chessboard. So the dark-colored rooks start from the a8 and h8 square.
Which chess pieces start on squares b1 and g1 and b8 and g8? The light-colored knights are placed on the b1 and g1 square on the chessboard, so they start from that square. If there are two knights that can both move to the same square then you would see Nd2e4.
This means the knight from d2 moved to e4 instead of another knight that could also move to e4. Because the knight can jump over material it is the only piece besides the pawns that can start the game off for one side. To take your game to the next level make sure you check out our complete guide on the knight. The pawn is the basic piece in chess and each side starts with eight.
Each pawn is worth 1 point. While that may not seem like a lot, many good chess players can win a chess game if they have a 1 point advantage. While the pawn is the weakest piece on the board, it serves a vital role in the game. Most of the early part of the game will be centered around the pawn structure and controlling the center of the board with your pawns.
The other pieces will support the pawn in the early stages. Later on the pawns will play more of a supportive role for the minor and major pieces will limiting the squares the opponent can go to. The first time you move a pawn you can move it one or two squares. Once the pawn has moved you can only move the pawn one square after that. Look at ex. Instead the only move the pawn can make is to take the pawn on e6.
When a pawn moves you will see the notation e5. If you only see a square that means the pawn is moving there. If a pawn from d5 is capturing a pawn on e6 then you would see the notation exd6. There is only special move that a pawn can make called en passant. This can occur only immediately after a pawn moves two squares. If you have a pawn next to the pawn after it has moved two squares you can take this pawn with en passant but you only have one move.
Any other move you make will negate the possibility to use en passant. White has just moved d4. Black has a pawn on c4 and has one move only to play cxd3.
It is a strange move as the black pawn does not actually end up on a square that is occupied by a white piece but it does in fact capture the white pawn on d4. To take your game to the next level make sure you check out our complete guide on the pawn. Now you have a basic understanding of how pieces move, how many points each piece is worth, and how to read notation from a chess game. Be sure to check out other topics in our chess basics series to learn more. Twitter Youtube.
Shop Cart Sign in Join Menu. Chess Pieces Starting chess board with all the pieces. The kings start on the e1 and e8 squares. The white king should be on a dark square. The black king starts on a light square. The King moves from d4 to e5. This move would be notated as Ke5. With no safe squares to move, this is checkmate.
Black wins. Each side starts with two rooks placed on the four corners of the chess board. The rook can move vertically or horizontally any number of squares without jumping over another piece. At the beginning of the game the rook is blocked in by the pawn and knight. Both rooks can move to e4.
Since the rook on d1 moves to d4 the chess notation would be Rd1d4. Each side starts with two bishops. One bishop will be on a light square and one on a dark square. Bishops can move diagonally any number of squares without jumping over another piece.
Bishops are initially blocked by pawns but will be one of the first pieces you move in a chess game. The queen starts right next to the king. They should be on the d1 and d8 squares. The queen can move vertically, horizontally, or diagonally any number of squares. The queen moves to the d5 square and is notated Qd5.
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