Chess
The components of Chess are the game board and the pieces. There are 6 different kinds of pieces: the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops, the rooks(castles), and the pawns.
Each player begins a game with 16 pieces: 8 pawns, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, 1 queen and 1 king.
Each player has: -8 pawns -2 knights -2 bishops -2 rooks -1 king -1 queen So if you want to play a game you need double the pieces which means: you need -16 pawns ( 8 black, 8 white) -4 knights -4 bishops -4 rooks -2 kings -2 queens
20 choices. Pawns can move to the 1st square or 2nd = 16 Horses can move to the left or right = 4 Rooks can't do anything. Neither can rooks or bishops. Nor the queen or king.
Kings can move, Queens, Bishops, and also Rooks can move backwards.
Rooks, Knights, Bishops, King and Queen.
There are more pawns on the board than any other since each player has 8 pawns. However, sometimes pawns are not referred to as "pieces." They are simply pawns while all the other combatants including the rooks, knights, bishops, king and queen are called pieces. In that regard, there is no "piece" that is more numerous than any other. There are 2 rooks, 2 knights and 2 bishops, so they are all equal in number.
There are a total of four Rooks at the start of the game .
A fully set up chess board has, 2 Kings, 2 Queens, 4 Rooks, 4 Knights, 4 Bishops, and, 16 Pawns.
At the start of a game there are 32 chessmen with 16 pieces for each side : 1 King , 1 Queen , 2 Bishops , 2 Knights , 2 Rooks and 8 Pawns .
The rooks are the "castles," as called by amateurs. The paws are the 8 pieces that go in the front of the rank. The knights are the "horses." The kings are the tall ones with the cross on top. The queens are the second-tallest ones that go next to the king. The bishops are the ones with the little slit through the upper-middle.