Share this page with your Friend(s) Add this page to your Favourites Sitemap	Mnemonic Devices > Games > Chess Chess   White is right When beginning a chess game, the quare of each player's right-hand corner should be white. Queen is on her own color. The white queen should be on a white square, and the black queen on a black square. 1-2-3, R'n'B! The rooks/castles (R) are on the corners(1), the knights(n) are next to the rooks(2), and bishops(B) are on the next square in(3).
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