It started out as a board for military strategy. Eventually, it became a game.
There are a total of 32 pieces at the start of a chess game - 16 of each colour.
There are 4 rooks on the board at the start of a game of normal chess.
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In a game of chess, the queen is placed on the square that matches her color at the start of the game. She is positioned on the square next to the king.
There are a total of four Rooks at the start of the game .
At the start of a game, exactly half (50%) of the chess board squares are occupied by pieces and pawns.
pawns (16 in total) are the maximum in number when a chess game begins.
32 squares are covered at the beginning of a chess game, because there are 32 pieces and pawns on the board to start the game.
At the start of a game of chess only one move is allowed - White always makes the first move .
The king starts on the e1 square for White and e8 square for Black at the beginning of a game of chess.
Four. Two for each player
Waverly's brother received a chess set for Christmas one year. When some of the chess pieces come up missing, Waverly lets her brothers use some of her candy for chess pieces and they allow her to start playing chess.