The board is set between the two opponents so that each player has a light-coloured square at the right-hand corner.

The 🫰 White queen begins at d1, the Black queen at d8.

The knight has the unique ability to jump over any other 🫰 piece to reach its destination.

An en passant capture must be made then or not at all.

Only pawns can be captured 🫰 en passant.