Claim: King's code point in the board game chess is U+2654 for white and U+265A for black, which both should start the game placed on e1 and e8, respectively.
Evidence: white chess king U+2654 black chess king U+265A The white king starts the game on e1; the black king starts on e8. Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.