The classic Chess set has a board, 16 white and 16 black game pieces.

Each game piece has a symbol depicted in the pictures, which are also used in these Rules to indicate specific game pieces.

1 x GAME BOARD

8 WHITE PAWNS

8 BLACK PAWNS

2 WHITE ROOKS

2 BLACK ROOKS

2 WHITE KNIGHTS

2 BLACK KNIGHTS

2 WHITE BISHOPS

2 BLACK BISHOPS

(The bishops sometimes have a wedge to easier tell them apart from pawns.)

1 WHITE QUEEN

1 BLACK QUEEN

1 WHITE KING

1 BLACK KING