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Also Known As	chessmen • chessman

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Close-up of Lewis Chessmen, intricately carved ivory chess pieces with expressive faces, arranged on a chessboard.

Staunton chess pieces

A chessboard showing the standard starting position for a game, with white and black pieces arranged in two rows on each side: rooks, knights, bishops, queen, and king on the back row, and pawns in front.

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Howard Staunton

British chess player

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