Using array to add initial value for checkerboard?

Hey everyone im back working on my projects again and im looking at my checker game im in the process of making. I have a good understanding I think of how im doing this with the array, but im reaching out to see if it's indeed correct. So Im using the array grid to layout my checker board and now im setting up getting the system to know whats on the board.

As you can see, I setup my board, got the grid coordinates and now im in my eventsheet to set up what's empty, the red pieces and the white pieces.

would I need to add their own variable to put as a "Value"? for the pieces?

Example. Set XY at (X:0 Y:1 Value:1 (white piece)?

You can. You could do something like empty=0, white=1, and red=2.

It’s a tad tedious to populate and update the board from the pieces locations though. An alternate approach would be to use overlap checks or picking to see what pieces are at certain locations.

Okay, we will try

Thanks dop2000R0J0hound. I will take both of yours advice.