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16. 8 pawns on the white side and 8 black pawns.
There are a total of 16 pawns - 8 pawns per side/player .
The only pieces that can make the first move in a chess game are the pawns and knights. Therefore, each side has 12 moves available. These are one possible for each of the eight pawns, and two each for both knights.
Pawns. There are 16 on the board , 8 for each player. But a true chess snob would say that there is no such "piece" . Many times the word "piece" means only the ones on the back rank. Pawns are referred to as, well, just pawns, not "pieces." Never the less, even official rules refer to all of the pieces as "pieces."
There are the following pieces on one team in a standard game of chess:KingQueenBishop (x2)Knight(x2)Castle/Rook (x2)Pawn (x8)So that's 16 - and remember there is also another team so that makes 32 overall.
A chess player has direct control over 16 chessmen : 8 pawns , 2 rooks , 2 knights , 2 bishops , 1 queen and 1 king .
each side have eight pawn,two bishop,two rook,two knight,one queen,one king
64 - there are 64 squares .
At the beginning of a chess game, each side (or color) has one queen. However, each pawn that makes it to the opposite end of the board may be 'promoted' to a queen. If every pawn promotes to a queen, then a player could have a maximum of 9 queens (the one they started with plus the eight promoted pawns). This is highly unlikely since it is very difficult for a pawn to safely make it to the other end of the board. Plus one or two queens is all that a player should need to put his or her opponent in checkmate!
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
10 - any of the eight pawns and either of the two knights.