Chess rules (FIDE)
A white king
A white queen
Two white rooks
Two white bishops
Two white knights
Eight white pawns
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A black king
A black queen
Two black rooks
Two black bishops
Two black knights
Eight black pawns
2.3. The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard is as follows:
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2.4. The eight vertical columns of squares are called 'files'. The eight horizontal rows
of squares are called 'ranks'. A straight line of squares of the same colour, touching
corner to corner, is called a 'diagonal'.
4.4
3: The moves of the pieces
3.1. No piece can be moved to a square occupied by a piece of the same colour. If a
piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent's piece the latter is captured and
removed from the chessboard as part of the same move. A piece is said to attack a
square if the piece could make a capture on that square according to Articles 3.2 to
3.5.
3.2. (a) The queen moves to any square along the file, the rank or a diago