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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Board {
    JButton buttonWhite;
    JButton buttonBlack;
    JPanel board;
    JPanel x1; JPanel x2; JPanel x3; JPanel x4; JPanel x5;JPanel x6; JPanel x7; JPanel x8;
    Board(){
        board = new JPanel();
        BorderLayout bl = new BorderLayout();
        board.setLayout(bl);

        buttonBlack = new JButton("1");
        buttonWhite = new JButton("0");

        x1 = new JPanel();
        GridLayout gl = new GridLayout(8,1);
        x1.setLayout(gl);

        x1.add(buttonBlack);
        x1.add(buttonWhite);

        x1.add(buttonBlack);
        x1.add(buttonWhite);

        x1.add(buttonBlack);
        x1.add(buttonWhite);

        x1.add(buttonBlack);
        x1.add(buttonWhite);


        x2 = new JPanel();
        GridLayout gl2 = new GridLayout(8,1);

        board.add("East", x1);
        board.add("West", x2);


        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Chess");
        frame.setContentPane(board);

        frame.pack();

        frame.setVisible(true);

    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Board b = new Board();
    }
}