rst arranged. There are, therefore, the King's square, the King's
Bishop's square, King's Knight's square, and King's Rook's square, and
in like manner, the Queen's square, Queen's Bishop's square, Queen's
Knight's and Queen's Rook's squares. The _files_, that is, the row of
squares running from top to bottom of the board, are also named by the
Pieces occupying the first square in each _file_. Thus each of the
superior officers has a file or row of eight squares running from his
end of the board to the corresponding Piece of the enemy, and every one
of these eight squares takes its name from such officer.

Bear in mind that White names every square on the board, in accordance
with its relative position to one of _his_ eight Pieces, and that Black
does the same. Hence it follows that Black's _first_ squares are White's
_eighth_, and _vice vers