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.
The game is chess.
Rooks, Knights, Bishops, King and Queen.
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
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.
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.
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 .
32. (Eight pawns, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, a queen and a king on both sides.)
Chess.
Total 32 pieces: 16 blacks , 16 whites. The 16 chess pieces are made up of 1 King, 1 queen, 2 bishops, 2 knights, 2 rooks, and 8 pawns. Every game of chess starts off with 32 peices (16 per person). 2 kings, 2 queens, 2, bishops, 2 knights, 2 rooks, and 8 pawns.