Chess board setup
Stockfish 16.1 · runs in your browserPlay e4. White's e-pawn moves from e2 to e4; Black moves next.
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Place a light square in your near-right corner. The back rank is rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, rook; put the queen on her own colour. Pawns fill the next rank, and White moves first.
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White's queen starts on d1 and king on e1. Black's queen starts on d8 and king on e8.
Rules and examples
The board positions are original teaching examples. Rule references and further practice are linked below.
Rules: FIDE Laws of Chess, effective 1 January 2023. https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023
Rule replay: python-chess 1.11.2 (GPL-3.0-or-later). The shared browser engine retains its Stockfish GPL-3.0 notice. No engine score is claimed by these demonstrations.
Read the rulesA move on the board
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq e3 0 1
- e4White's e-pawn moves from e2 to e4; Black moves next.
White's e-pawn moves from e2 to e4; Black moves next.
Original teaching example replayed with python-chess 1.11.2, 2026-10-18.
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