Neither do. Each player in chess has 16 pieces, which is probably what you mean, but that means there are 32 pieces on the board at the start. In checkers, each player has 12 pieces, so there are 24 pieces at the start of a game.
There are a total of 32 pieces at the start of a chess game - 16 of each colour.
there are 32 chess pieces on a board and 16 of them are pawns
16. 8 pawns on the white side and 8 black pawns.
The basic chess rules on the Chess Teacher website begin for those who already know how the chess pieces move. It is explained on here where each chess piece must be placed to start the game. A refresher on which player starts first and what 'moves' are permitted on the board can also be found on this page.
There are 16 chess pieces on side of a chess board. Each player receives the same number of pieces and must eliminate the other player's king to win.
There are 12 on each side, for a total of 24. Extras may be needed in case of extra Kings being made.
There are 32 pieces on the board at the start of a chess game. Each side begins with 16 pieces as follows: * 8 Pawns * 2 Rooks * 2 Knights * 2 Bishops * 1 Queen * 1 King There is a difference between 'pieces' and 'men' because pawns are generally not considered to be 'men.'
each player takes 6 dominos at the start
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 .
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You say where you want your chess piece to go (C5, etc) and it goes there. That's the only thing that's different from normal chess apart from the chess pieces whacking and breaking each other.