chessboard setup
Pieces properly placed
Chessboard setup refers to the standard arrangement of pieces at the start of a chess game: each player positions their pieces on the two rows closest to them, with rooks in the corners, knights beside them, then bishops, and the queen on her matching color square with the king adjacent.
The eight pawns fill the row in front.
By extension, chessboard setup describes any situation where opposing forces are carefully positioned before conflict begins.
- rookChess piece or corvid
- kingMale crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- pawnUnwitting tool of another
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
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