Chess rules

For those of you that are in a hurry to jump into battle, here is the correct way to set up a chess board:

But don’t rush to setting up the pieces right away: the orientation of the board is important!

Both players need a dark square in their lower left corner.

From the perspective of the white player, the chess board setup is as follows:

1. The Board: Both players need a dark square in their lower left corner.
2. Notation: The a1-square is in the lower left corner of the white player.
3. Queen: The white queen is placed on the white, middle square of the back row.
4. King: The white king takes the position right next to the queen – the dark, middle square.
5. Bishops: The two bishops get placed right next to the king and queen in the back row.
6. Knights: The knights occupy the squares directly next to both bishops.
7. Rooks: Both rooks complete the back row with their placement in the corners.
8. Pawns: All eight pawns are now placed in the row above.

The black pieces are mirrored perfectly, so that each black piece

set up chess situation

how to set up a chess set