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.
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.
A five letter board game is chess.