If you’re just playing a friendly game, there’s little harm done. However, on the first move, they can move two spaces.Every once in a while you will be playing a chess game and notice you set up the board wrong (oops!). Pawns move forward only one space at a time. They stand arrayed in front of the other chess pieces. Lastly, you place all the pawns on the second row. This means that you have to make sure that other pieces surround and protect it. The king can move in any direction, but only one square at a time. Once you have placed the king, your entire first row is ready (this row is known as the rank). It has a rounded crown with a raised cross. On the last square remaining square of the first row, place the king. She is the most valuable piece in the game other than your king.
The queen, as the tallest piece, is easy to identify. Now, if you are playing white, place your queen on the remaining white square (do the reverse if you are playing black). While placing the bishops, check to ensure that one is on a black square, and the other is sitting on a white square. Place the round-headed, tall bishops next to the knights. While setting the pieces, keep moving toward the center of the board. Step 4 – Setting the BishopsĪfter placing the knights, place the bishops immediately next to them. Remember that knights can move a total of three squares, but they can only move in an “L” shape. Once you have placed the rooks on the edges, place the knights (which have horse heads) beside them. Make sure that you start with the rooks, which are easy to identify as tall pieces that move only in straight lines. The next step is to place a rook (also called a castle) on the two corners of the board. There must be a white square at the bottom right corner Step 2 – Setting the Rooks Unlike a game of checkers, chess will use all the squares on the board. Your pieces are set up on the two horizontal rows that are closest to you (on the bottom side). This means that both players will have white squares in the right corner of the board. You have to begin by first setting the board so that the bottom white square faces the right side. The first step in setting up the chessboard is to correctly position the pieces. Place all your eight pawns on the second rank.Place the king on the e1 square next to the queen (the square is the opposite color of the king).Place the queen on the d1 square (the square is the same color as the queen).Place the bishops next to the knights (c1 and f1 squares).Place the knights next to the rooks (b1 and g1 squares).Place the rooks in the two corners of the chessboard (a1 and h1 squares for white).Place the board such that the bottom white square faces the right side.
Here are the 8 steps to set up the chessboard for each side: You need to set up the pieces in their correct positions before you start. So in total, there are 64 squares on every chessboard.
CHESS BOARD SET UP HOW TO
In this post, we will go over how to set up the chessboard correctly.Ĭhess is played on a board with eight columns called files, and eight rows, or ranks. It is super embarrassing to set up the chessboard incorrectly by placing the queen on the wrong square or exchanging the positions of the knight and bishop. When playing chess over the board (OTB) for the first time, you will be required to set up the chess board before/after playing.
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