The chessboard is a square composed of 64 small squares arranged in a checkerboard pattern of alternating dark and light colors. The dark squares are known as black squares, and the light squares are known as white squares. The bottom right corner of the chessboard is a white square. There are a total of 32 chess pieces, divided into two groups of black and white, each with 16 pieces. The pieces are held by the two players in a game, and they are the same types, divided into six types:

In the game, chess pieces use three-dimensional pieces, and in teaching, flat pattern pieces can be used.