A properly set up chess board looks like this:
From left-to-right the bottom row for White has: rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, and rook. However, when sitting at Black's end of the board, the left-to-right order of the pieces is slightly different: On this side the order is rook, knight, bishop, king, queen, bishop, knight, rook. Remember that the board is properly oriented when both players have a white square on the bottom, right-hand side. This might not seem important now, but when you become an experienced chess player a board with a black square on the bottom right will drive you crazy! Keep in mind too, that the queen always goes on a square of the same color. White queen on a white square, Black queen on a black square. Another way to remember this is that the Queen always goes on the "d" square (you can see the letters marked on the board, above), and the king on the "e" square.Okay, now we've got the board ready to go, let's figure out how the pieces do their thing. [ BACK TO TOP ]
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