Chess is a game in the play of which there is no element of chance. It is played on a square called the chess board and divided into 64 squares colored light and dark alternately.

Each player shall play with a series of sixteen men, one series to be light colored and called white, and the other to be dark colored and called black. The men in each series consist of: 1 King 1 Queen 2 Bishops 2 Knights 2 Rooks 8 Pawns = 32 total