The forces consist of thirty-two "men," each side having eight Pieces and
eight Pawns, of a light and dark colour (known as "white" and "black"), to
distinguish the opposing forces from each other.
In print the pieces and pawns are pictorially represented as on p. 337.
At the commencement of the game, the pieces are placed as shown in Fig. 1.
It is to be noticed {337} that the white king occupies a black square, and
the black king a white square.
The horizontal divisions are called "rows," and the vertical divisions are
called "files."