When the word “man” or “men” is used, it is understood that it embraces both Pieces and Pawns.
The Chess-Board and Men. The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner.
If the Chess-board be wrongly placed, it cannot be changed during the game in progress after a move shall have been made by each player, provided the men were correctly placed upon the board at the beginning, i.e., the Queens upon their own colours.
A deficiency in number, or a misplacement of the men, at the beginning of the game, when discovered, annuls the game.
The field of the Standard Chess-board shall be twenty-two inches square.
The Standard Chess-men shall be of the improved Staunton Club size and pattern.
First Move and Colour. The right of first move must be determined by lot.
The player having the first move must always play with the white men.
The right of move shall alternate, whether the game be won, lost or drawn.
The game is legally begun when each player shall have made his first move.