I recently tried to make sense out of the following rules of the game:-
You may find it hard to believe but I've faithfully copied the following extracts from the printed instructions on the back of a chess set I know is currently on sale in England.
(I know because a friend with a sense of humour bought the set for me!) I shudder to think how many kids are put off learning to play chess because they were bought this set by well-meaning relatives.
Any typos you spot are theirs not mine!

CHESS
Lots are drawn to establish who has the red chessmen and, thus, who can move first. This player is then allowed the 16 red chess pieces and the other paver the 16 black chess pieces.

(The pieces in the set were transparent plastic and purple.)

The board is positioned so that each paver has a dark corner square on his left.

(Ok, except the board pictured on the box...yes you guessed it.)

The rooks are positioned on the two corner squares to the left and right, next to these come the two knights, one on the left and one on the right. Next to these the two bishops and, in the centre, the queen and king.

The rooks move only on the ranks and files any distance, and the bison only on the diagonals.

It is not alligator to capture your opponent. If the king is threatened check must be given (the player must saucier check). The opponent is then iodide to protect his long by moving the king to another square or moving one of his own pieces between is and the threatening piece or capturing the opposing attacker. If he is unable to make any of the above moves, the king is said to be checkmated and the game ends in favor of the opponent.

We must stall mention one pecuniary: casing. Cashing is a company move of the king and one rook (formally called castle) that may be made. if at all. only once per game. It is legal if if neither the king or the rook has yet moved. If all the squares between them on the rank are vacant and no adverse piece commands two squares nearest the king on the side on which casting is to be earned cut and if the king is not in check.

Ok - so if it was written by a well-meaning person whose first language wasn't English then I applaud the effort. I certainly wouldn't be able to write the rules of chess in any language other than my own. But couldn't someone somewhere along the production and distribution lines have checked that it made sense before producing thousands of them?