diff --git a/src/board/chess_board/builder.rs b/src/board/chess_board/builder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8221d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/board/chess_board/builder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+use crate::board::{Bitboard, CastleRights, ChessBoard, Color, InvalidError, Piece, Square};
+
+/// Build a [ChessBoard] one piece at a time.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct ChessBoardBuilder {
+    /// The list of [Piece] on the board. Indexed by [Square::index].
+    pieces: [Option<(Piece, Color)>; 64],
+    // Same fields as [ChessBoard].
+    castle_rights: [CastleRights; Color::NUM_VARIANTS],
+    en_passant: Option<Square>,
+    half_move_clock: u8,
+    total_plies: u32,
+    side: Color,
+}
+
+impl ChessBoardBuilder {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            pieces: [None; 64],
+            castle_rights: [CastleRights::NoSide; 2],
+            en_passant: Default::default(),
+            half_move_clock: Default::default(),
+            total_plies: Default::default(),
+            side: Color::White,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_castle_rights(&mut self, rights: CastleRights, color: Color) -> &mut Self {
+        self.castle_rights[color.index()] = rights;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_en_passant(&mut self, square: Square) -> &mut Self {
+        self.en_passant = Some(square);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn without_en_passant(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
+        self.en_passant = None;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_half_move_clock(&mut self, clock: u8) -> &mut Self {
+        self.half_move_clock = clock;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_total_plies(&mut self, plies: u32) -> &mut Self {
+        self.total_plies = plies;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_current_player(&mut self, color: Color) -> &mut Self {
+        self.side = color;
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for ChessBoardBuilder {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Index a [ChessBoardBuilder] with a [Square] to access its pieces.
+impl std::ops::Index<Square> for ChessBoardBuilder {
+    type Output = Option<(Piece, Color)>;
+
+    fn index(&self, square: Square) -> &Self::Output {
+        &self.pieces[square.index()]
+    }
+}
+
+/// Index a [ChessBoardBuilder] with a [Square] to access its pieces.
+impl std::ops::IndexMut<Square> for ChessBoardBuilder {
+    fn index_mut(&mut self, square: Square) -> &mut Self::Output {
+        &mut self.pieces[square.index()]
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<ChessBoardBuilder> for ChessBoard {
+    type Error = InvalidError;
+
+    fn try_from(builder: ChessBoardBuilder) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let mut piece_occupancy: [Bitboard; Piece::NUM_VARIANTS] = Default::default();
+        let mut color_occupancy: [Bitboard; Color::NUM_VARIANTS] = Default::default();
+        let mut combined_occupancy: Bitboard = Default::default();
+        let ChessBoardBuilder {
+            pieces,
+            castle_rights,
+            en_passant,
+            half_move_clock,
+            total_plies,
+            side,
+        } = builder;
+
+        for square in Square::iter() {
+            let Some((piece, color)) = pieces[square.index()] else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            piece_occupancy[piece.index()] |= square;
+            color_occupancy[color.index()] |= square;
+            combined_occupancy |= square;
+        }
+
+        let board = ChessBoard {
+            piece_occupancy,
+            color_occupancy,
+            combined_occupancy,
+            castle_rights,
+            en_passant,
+            half_move_clock,
+            total_plies,
+            side,
+        };
+
+        board.validate()?;
+        Ok(board)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn from_board(board: &ChessBoard) -> ChessBoardBuilder {
+        let mut builder = ChessBoardBuilder::new();
+
+        for piece in Piece::iter() {
+            for color in Color::iter() {
+                for square in board.occupancy(piece, color) {
+                    builder[square] = Some((piece, color));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        for color in Color::iter() {
+            builder.with_castle_rights(board.castle_rights(color), color);
+        }
+
+        if let Some(square) = board.en_passant() {
+            builder.with_en_passant(square);
+        } else {
+            builder.without_en_passant();
+        }
+
+        builder
+            .with_half_move_clock(board.half_move_clock())
+            .with_total_plies(board.total_plies())
+            .with_current_player(board.current_player());
+
+        builder
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn default_board() {
+        let board = ChessBoard::default();
+        let builder = from_board(&board);
+        assert_eq!(board, builder.try_into().unwrap())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/board/chess_board/mod.rs b/src/board/chess_board/mod.rs
index 1f0b293..d04fdec 100644
--- a/src/board/chess_board/mod.rs
+++ b/src/board/chess_board/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ use crate::{
 
 use super::{Bitboard, CastleRights, Color, File, Move, Piece, Rank, Square};
 
+mod builder;
+pub use builder::*;
+
 mod error;
 pub use error::*;