Paper Games
Printable Chess Board
A full-size 8×8 chessboard with coordinates and a row of cut-out paper pieces, so you can teach and play chess anywhere.
What you can customize
- Coordinates
- Dark squares
- Cut-out pieces
Works well in
- Traveler's Notebook Passport
- A6
- Traveler's Notebook Regular
- B6 (JIS)
- A5
- US Half Letter
- B5 (ISO)
- A4
- US Letter
All page sizes, from Passport to A4
Try it in another style
Start from a preset
- Chess board with pieces, US Letter Board, coordinates and 32 cut-out pieces. Open in the maker →
- Chess board with pieces, A4 The same on A4. Open in the maker →
- Board only, A4 A bigger board without pieces, for real chessmen. Open in the maker →
- Ink-saving hatched board, A4 Hatched dark squares instead of solid gray. Open in the maker →
Board, coordinates and pieces
The board has files a to h and ranks 1 to 8 on all sides, with a light square in the bottom right corner as the rules require. Dark squares can be light gray, dark gray or hatched to save toner. With Cut-out pieces on, two rows of sixteen round pieces are printed below the board, white on top and black underneath.
Set up
Place the white pieces on ranks 1 and 2 and the black pieces on ranks 7 and 8. The queen starts on her own colour. Record your games on the chess score sheet.
Free sample PDFs
Print at 100% (actual size). Made with the same engine as the maker, so the spacing is exact.
Frequently asked questions
What size are the squares?
On Letter or A4 with pieces, each square is about 2 cm; without the cut-out pieces the board grows to about 2.3 cm squares. Print at 100%.
How do I use the paper pieces?
Cut out the circles. The letters stand for king, queen, rook, bishop, knight and pawn. Glue them to coins or cardboard to make them sturdier.
Related guides
- How to print a booklet double-sidedPrint your notebook PDF at actual size, choose the right duplex setting, and get pages that come out in the right order after folding.
- Calibrate your printer for exact sizesMeasure your printer once so pages print at exactly the right size, find its unprintable margins, and line up the front and back of each sheet.
- Paper sizes, margins and binding allowanceWhich printer paper fits which notebook size, how to set margins and the binding margin, and when to use bleed and creep.
