Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Files and Ranks


Vertical columns of squares on the chessboard are called as Files. There are 8 Files.

Horizontal rows of squares on the chessboard are called as Ranks. There are 8 Ranks.

Files and Ranks are named starting from the Left-Hand Corner of White's side.
The first file is the "a" file, next is "b" file and so on upto "h".
The first rank is rank "1", next is rank "2" and so on upto "8".

Pictorial representation of Files & Ranks
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