{"id":143,"date":"2021-08-20T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T10:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2021-08-20T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T10:56:08","slug":"chess-board-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/chess-board-set-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up a chess board?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chess is a very popular board game, it is necessary to know the rules before you start playing it!<\/p>\n<p>The First thing that comes up is, how to arrange the chess pieces? Before we get into the arrangement of the chess pieces. Here&#8217;s an important instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Light colour square should be placed toward the right hand corner of the board.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog.docx.png\" alt=\"Chess board\" width=\"442\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog.docx.png 442w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Blog.docx-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/>\n<p>Once the board is placed in correct orientation, let&#8217;s get to the pieces!<\/p>\n<p>In olden days elephants were used as barriers as they were huge in size and could crush any enemy who would try to attack the army from the corners. Hence we place the elephants\/Rooks at the corners of the board.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-150 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-300x300.png\" alt=\"Chess board\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image5.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Next we have the piece which can jump and kill the invaders next to the rook as the second warrior from the corner.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-300x300.png\" alt=\"Chess board\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image2.png 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Bishops are placed next, they are placed close to the king and queen as they belong to the noble community.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-147 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image3-300x300.png\" alt=\"Chess board\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image3.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Now comes the confusion part. You would have always got confused with the placement of a king and Queen right?Here is a trick to remember it!<\/p>\n<p>Queen sits on the square of the same colour as its complexion (i.e, White queen on white colour square, Black Queen on black colour square)<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image7-298x300.png\" alt=\"Chess board\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image7-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image7.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/>\n<p>The square remaining on the row is where the king is placed (Another way to remember: Kings sits on opposite colour square to its complexion)<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-300x298.png\" alt=\"Chess board\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image4.png 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Once the bigger pieces are placed on the board, protect them by placing the soldiers \/ Pawn in front of all the big warriors.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-151 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/allround.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image6-300x300.png\" alt=\"Chess board\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image6-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allroundclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image6.png 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>You are good to start the game now!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chess is a very popular board game, it is necessary to know the rules before you start playing it! 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