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How to Set Up a Chess Board

From Mark Weeks,
Your Guide to Chess.
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Place the Kings and Queens

Of the two remaining squares for the White player, the Queen is placed on the white square; for the Black player, the Queen is placed on the black square ('Queen on her color'). The King is placed on the remaining square. The diagram shows all the pieces in their initial position. The piece in each column faces an opponent's piece of the same type.

  1. Position the board correctly
  2. Place Pawns on each player's second row
  3. Place the Rooks, Knights, and Bishops
  4. Place the Kings and Queens
  5. The board from Black's side
  6. White moves first

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