A King [Illustration: Chess Pieces, White and Black Kings.]
A Queen [Illustration: Chess Pieces, White and Black Queens.]
Two Rooks, [Illustration: Chess Pieces, White and Black Rooks.]
or Castles (as they are indiscriminately called)
Two Bishops [Illustration: Chess Pieces, White and Black Bishops.]
Two Knights [Illustration: Chess Pieces, White and Black Knights.]
And each of these Pieces has his Pawn or
Foot-soldier [Illustration: Chess Pieces, White and Black Pawns.]
making in all an array of sixteen men on each side.
On beginning a game, these Pieces and Pawns are disposed in the manner
shown on the foregoing diagram. The King and Queen occupy the centre
squares of the first or "royal" line, as it is called, and each has for
its supporters a Bishop, a Knight, and a Rook, while before the whole
stand the Pawns or Foot-soldiers in a row. (To prevent a common error
among young players, of misplacing the King and Queen on commencing a
game, it is well to bear in mind that at the outset each Queen stands on
her own color.) The Pieces on the King's side of the board are called
the King's, as King's Bishop, King's Knight, King's Rook; and the Pawns
directly in front of them, the King's Pawn, King's Bishop's Pawn, King's
Knight's Pawn, and King's Rook's Pawn.
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