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There are sixteen black pieces on the board at the beginning of a game of chess, and the same applies to the white pieces. Both armies consist of eight pawns, two bishops, two knights, two rooks*, one queen, and one king. * Also referred to as castles.
In normal original chess, there are 32 pieces in total, meaning 16 pieces per side.
There are 16 chess pieces for each side, black and white: * 1 King * 1 Queen * 2 Bishops * 2 Knights * 2 Rooks * 8 Pawns
There are 16 of them: 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, 8 pawns, a queen, and a king.
Each side have 12 peices