The Chess Board

Chess Board Topics Brief Overview Video For Learning
The Chess Board
  • Contains letters and numbers
  • Board contains 64 squares
  • There are 8 ranks (rows)
  • There are 8 files (columns)
  • Squares are coordinates
  • Coordinates help record games
Connection to Math
  • Chess board is like a graph
  • Plotting points on a graph
  • Coordinates communicate location