To place the pieces we must first have the board well placed. It is necessary that, on the board, the first position on the right in front from the player's view is light colored.(position H1 if we are white and A 8 if we are black).
In the previous chapter we talked about 16 pieces (8 pawns, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, a queen and a king).
We must place the pawns in the second row from the player's vision, filling it completely.The queen has its trick, it must always be placed in the central position of the first row from the player's vision and that the color of the position matches the color of the piece.(D1 if white / D8 Black).
In the position to the immediate right of the queen we will place the king (E1 White / E8 Black). two bishops surround the king and queen laterally (in White C1 and F1 / in Black C8 and F8). the bishops are enveloped by two knights (in White B1 and G1 / in Black B1 and G8).
To finish, in both the extreme left and right of the first row are both rooks. (in White A1 and H1 / in Black A8 and H8)
A detail, the opponent's pieces will be placed in front of the player's pieces and each piece will have in front of it its similar one as if it were a mirror, with the only distinction that they will be placed on board positions with the color reversed.
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