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+from enum import Enum, auto
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+class PieceType(Enum):
+    PAWN = auto()
+    KNIGHT = auto()
+    BISHOP = auto()
+    ROOK = auto()
+    QUEEN = auto()
+    KING = auto()
+
+
+class Color(Enum):
+    WHITE = auto()
+    BLACK = auto()
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Piece:
+    type: PieceType
+    color: Color
+
+@dataclass
+class BoardPos:
+    p: tuple[int, int] 
+
+@dataclass
+class BoardMove:
+    m_from: BoardPos
+    m_to: BoardPos
+
+@dataclass
+class BoardField:
+    piece: Optional[Piece] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ChessBoard:
+    fields: list[list[BoardField]]
+
+    def place(self, row: int, col: int, piece_type: PieceType, color: Color):
+        self.fields[row][col].piece = Piece(piece_type, color)
+
+    # wir lieben python <3                                                          :(
+    @classmethod
+    def init_default(cls) -> "ChessBoard":
+        brd = cls(
+            [[BoardField() for _ in range(8)] for _ in range(8)]
+        )
+
+        # place pawns
+        for col in range(8):
+            brd.place(1, col, PieceType.PAWN, Color.BLACK)
+            brd.place(6, col, PieceType.PAWN, Color.WHITE)
+
+        # back rank order
+        back_rank = [
+            PieceType.ROOK,
+            PieceType.KNIGHT,
+            PieceType.BISHOP,
+            PieceType.QUEEN,
+            PieceType.KING,
+            PieceType.BISHOP,
+            PieceType.KNIGHT,
+            PieceType.ROOK,
+        ]
+
+        # place black back rank
+        for col, piece_type in enumerate(back_rank):
+            brd.place(0, col, piece_type, Color.BLACK)
+
+        # place white back rank
+        for col, piece_type in enumerate(back_rank):
+            brd.place(7, col, piece_type, Color.WHITE)
+
+        return brd
+    
+    
+    def possible_moves(self) -> list[BoardMove]:
+        return []
+    
+# used only for testing purposes
+def main():