Boards & Equipment

What is a chessmen in chess?

  • Board
  • Pieces
  • Coordinates

Chessmen is a board or equipment term: the movable figures placed on the board in a game of chess. Includes both pieces and pawns. Singular: chessman. You use this term to describe the board accurately, which matters for notation, coordinates, and analysis.

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