Definition:Chess/Starting Position

Definition

The starting position of a game of chess is:

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Note the following:

$(1): \quad$ The top left square is white

$(2): \quad$ The queens start on squares of their own colours

$(3): \quad$ White is always first to move.