Board and rules
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Square
Level: BeginnerOne of the chessboard's 64 spaces, uniquely identified by a letter and a number.
Light square
Level: BeginnerOne of the 32 squares that form the lighter half of the board's alternating pattern.
Dark square
Level: BeginnerOne of the 32 squares that form the darker half of the board's alternating pattern.
Adjacent square
Level: BeginnerA square that shares an edge or a corner with another square on the board.
File
Level: BeginnerA vertical set of eight chessboard squares identified by one letter from a through h.
Rank
Level: BeginnerA horizontal set of eight chessboard squares identified by one number from 1 through 8.
Diagonal
Level: BeginnerA slanting line of same-colored squares that changes one file and one rank at each step.
Long diagonal
Level: BeginnerOne of the two eight-square diagonals that cross the entire board from one corner to the opposite corner.