const alphabet = 'abcdefgh' let squares = document.getElementsByClassName("box") for (let i = 0; i < 8; i++) { for (let j = 0; j < 8; j++) { let square = document.getElementById(`${alphabet.charAt(j)}${i + 1}`) let piece = document.createElement("p") piece.classList.add("piece") switch (board[i][j]) { case 1: piece.classList.add("wk") square.append(piece) piece.append("K") break case -1: piece.classList.add("bk") square.append(piece) piece.append("K") break case 2: piece.classList.add("wq") square.append(piece) piece.append("Q") break case -2: piece.classList.add("bq") square.append(piece) piece.append("Q") break case 3: piece.classList.add("wr") square.append(piece) piece.append("R") break case -3: piece.classList.add("br") square.append(piece) piece.append("R") break case 4: piece.classList.add("wb") square.append(piece) piece.append("B") break case -4: piece.classList.add("bb") square.append(piece) piece.append("B") break case 5: piece.classList.add("wn") square.append(piece) piece.append("N") break case -5: piece.classList.add("bn") square.append(piece) piece.append("N") break case 6: piece.classList.add("wp") square.append(piece) piece.append("p") break case -6: piece.classList.add("bp") square.append(piece) piece.append("p") break } } }