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+package tutorial;
+
+public class Declare_2D_Array_Chess {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String[][] chessboard = new String[8][8];
+        /*top two rows and columns
+          0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+        0 R N B Q K B N R
+        1 P P P P P P P P          */
+        chessboard[0][0] = "ROOK1"; 
+        chessboard[0][1] = "KNIGHT1";
+        chessboard[0][2] = "BISHOP1";
+        chessboard[0][3] = "QUEEN";
+        chessboard[0][4] = "KNIGHT";
+        chessboard[0][5] = "BISHOP2";
+        chessboard[0][6] = "KNIGHT2";
+        chessboard[0][7] = "ROOK2";
+        
+        chessboard[1][0] = "PAWN1";
+        chessboard[1][1] = "PAWN2";
+        chessboard[1][2] = "PAWN3";
+        chessboard[1][3] = "PAWN4";
+        chessboard[1][4] = "PAWN5";
+        chessboard[1][5] = "PAWN6";
+        chessboard[1][6] = "PAWN7";
+        chessboard[1][7] = "PAWN8";
+        
+        /*bottom two rows and columns
+          0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+        6 r n b q k b n r
+        7 p p p p p p p p            */
+        chessboard[7][0] = "rook1"; 
+        chessboard[7][1] = "knight1";
+        chessboard[7][2] = "bishop1";
+        chessboard[7][3] = "queen";
+        chessboard[7][4] = "king";
+        chessboard[7][5] = "bishop2";
+        chessboard[7][6] = "knight2";
+        chessboard[7][7] = "rook2";
+        
+        chessboard[6][0] = "pawn1";
+        chessboard[6][1] = "pawn2";
+        chessboard[6][2] = "pawn3";
+        chessboard[6][3] = "pawn4";
+        chessboard[6][4] = "pawn5";
+        chessboard[6][5] = "pawn6";
+        chessboard[6][6] = "pawn7";
+        chessboard[6][7] = "pawn8";
+  
+    }
+}
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