How many pieces are on the board at the start of a game of chess?
Chess on a Really Big Board an awful idea. Each player has 256 Pawns and 256 pieces. The average length of a game is likely to be more [than] 2000 moves." Betza also considered starting positions with 16 (one chess set) or 64 (four sets) pieces instead of 32 (two sets), but eventually rejected them. They are as follows: Betza also suggested "Four Board Great Chess", which would have more pieces than the rose that could not make their full moves on smaller boards, and having pawns on the third rank and about 24 pieces in the two rows behind them; and similarly, "Four Board Great
Chess on a Really Big Board Chess on a Really Big Board, and the superknight and archbishop remain the same. The other pieces are as follows: The shortest possible checkmate is: The shortest game ending in quadruple check and mate is: Betza also proposed a 24×24 version of Chess on a Really Big Board, although he did not fully design it. His description of the game was "Push 9 boards together in a [3×3] square, symmetrically replicate all the unique pieces from the Four Board Chess lineup, add a W beside the K, two Fs flanking the K [and] W, and you have a game." The