The game of Chess begins with two kings on the board, one for each side. Neither side can ever have more than one king on the board, nor can either side ever have fewer than one king on the board. The king is the essence of the game. When one of the kings is checkmated, the game is over.
There are 4 rooks on the board at the start of a game of normal chess.
There are a total of four Rooks at the start of the 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.
32 - each side fields 16 chessmen .
in a chess game there are four bishops.Two on each side
16. 8 pawns on the white side and 8 black pawns.
there are 32 chess pieces on a board and 16 of them are pawns
There are a total of 16 pawns - 8 pawns per side/player .
In a game of chess, there is typically one queen present on the board for each player, making a total of two queens.
There are a total of 32 pieces at the start of a chess game - 16 of each colour.
In a game of chess, each player starts with 2 knights, so there are a total of 4 knights on the board.
64 squares are on a chess board.