chess
There are a total of four Rooks at the start of the game .
There are 4 rooks on the board at the start of a game of normal chess.
At the start of a game, exactly half (50%) of the chess board squares are occupied by pieces and pawns.
It started out as a board for military strategy. Eventually, it became a game.
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.
The king starts on the e1 square for White and e8 square for Black at the beginning of a game of chess.
16. 8 pawns on the white side and 8 black pawns.
32 - each side fields 16 chessmen .
in a chess game there are four bishops.Two on each side
Checkers is used on a chess board, but the game chess does not use checkers.
It could be, but at straightupchess.com the vertical board can be used to display a chess set and to play a casual game of chess on the wall mounted chess board.