board = []
def build_board():
    for i in range(0,8):
        board.append(["☐"] * 8)
    board[1] = ("♟" * 8)
    board[6] = ("♙" * 8)
    board[0] = ["♜","♞","♝","♛","♚","♝","♞","♜"]
    board[7] = ["♖","♘","♗","♕","♔","♗","♘","♖"]
def print_board(board):
    for row in board:
        print ("|".join(row))
build_board()
print_board(board)

RESULT:
♜|♞|♝|♛|♚|♝|♞|♜
♟|♟|♟|♟|♟|♟|♟|♟
☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐
☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐
☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐
☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐|☐
♙|♙|♙|♙|♙|♙|♙|♙
♖|♘|♗|♕|♔|♗|♘|♖