I feel that many people are confused about how to set up a chessboard.  I hope that by writing this guide, the setup of a chessboard will be more clear.

     A chessboard is made up of 64 squares of alternating squares.  These are refered to as “lighter” or “darker” squares, since nowadays, chessboards and pieces have went beyond the traditional black and white.  As an avid chess player, the most common mistake that I have ever seen was just the position of the actual board.  Each player should have a white square in their bottom right-hand corner of the board.  Now, let’s set up the pieces.

     Each player’s pieces take up two full rows on the board.  Each row has eight squares. The back row, closest to the player is set up as follows from left to right: Rook/Castle*(looks like a medival castle), Knight(looks like a horse), Bishop(identified by nick in head), Queen(wears a crown), King(has a cross on head), Bishop, Knight, Rook/Castle.

*The term “rook” is more commonly used

The other row is all pawns.  These are usually the smallest pieces and easily identifiable due to there being so many of them.

Congratulations!  You have succesfully set up a chessboard!!!

Thank you for reading this guide.  Be on the lookout for more in the future.  Of course, if you see an error, just let me know! =)