The Board & Pieces

♟ The Chessboard

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Welcome to the Battlefield

Chess is played on an 8×8 board with 64 squares — 32 light and 32 dark. The board is always set up so that each player has a light square in their bottom-right corner. Remember: "light on right!"

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Lesson: ♟ The Chessboard