Dictionary

chessboard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From chess + board.

Meanings

1. A square playing surface divided into eight rows and eight columns, forming sixty-four equal squares arranged in an alternating pattern of colors across both rows and columns.
   • If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move. 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 4:
2. A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares.

Forms

Deriveds

rice and chessboard problem · chessboardlike · Croatian chessboard · wheat and chessboard problem · chessboard distance

Relateds

gameboard · draughtsboard · chess · chequerboard · checkerboard · draughtboard

Translations (59)

sv schackbräde (square board used in the game of chess) · ko 체스판 (square board used in the game of chess) · it scacchiera (square board used in the game of chess) · mn шатрын хөлөг (square board used in the game of chess) · pl szachownica (square board used in the game of chess) · yi שאָכברעט (square board used in the game of chess) · af skaakbord (square board used in the game of chess) · vo cögaboed (square board used in the game of chess) · el σκακιέρα (square board used in the game of chess) · ba шахмат таҡтаһы (square board used in the game of chess) · yue 棋盤 /棋盘 (square board used in the game of chess) · ro eșichier (square board used in the game of chess) · ms papan catur (square board used in the game of chess) · fi šakkilauta (square board used in the game of chess) · eo ŝaktabulo (square board used in the game of chess) · pdt Schachbrat (square board used in the game of chess) · bg шахма́тна дъска́ (square board used in the game of chess) · fo talvborð (square board used in the game of chess) · fi shakkilauta (square board used in the game of chess) · ca escaquer (square board used in the game of chess) · nrf êchitchi (square board used in the game of chess) · pt tabuleiro de xadrez (square board used in the game of chess) · ja チェスボード (square board used in the game of chess) · ca àbac (square board used in the game of chess) · sh шаховница (square board used in the game of chess) · uk шахівниця (square board used in the game of chess) · nb sjakkbrett (square board used in the game of chess) · ota سطرنج تختهسی (square board used in the game of chess) · sh šahovska tabla (square board used in the game of chess) · nn sjakkbrett (square board used in the game of chess) · cs šachovnice (square board used in the game of chess) · la scaccarium (square board used in the game of chess) · ru ша́хматная доска́ (square board used in the game of chess) · nl schaakbord (square board used in the game of chess) · vi bàn cờ (square board used in the game of chess) · fro escheker (square board used in the game of chess) · de Schachbrett (square board used in the game of chess) · mk шаховска табла (square board used in the game of chess) · sh šahovnica (square board used in the game of chess) · mt skakkiera (square board used in the game of chess) · th กระดานหมากรุก (square board used in the game of chess) · sk šachovnica (square board used in the game of chess) · es tablero de ajedrez (square board used in the game of chess) · hu sakktábla (square board used in the game of chess) · ga clár fichille (square board used in the game of chess) · tl ahedresan (square board used in the game of chess) · tr satranç tahtası (square board used in the game of chess) · ga ficheall (square board used in the game of chess) · sl šahovnica (square board used in the game of chess) · fr échiquier (square board used in the game of chess) · cmn 棋盤 /棋盘 (square board used in the game of chess) · da skakbræt (square board used in the game of chess) · ar رَقْعَة اَلشَّطْرَنْج (square board used in the game of chess) · he לוח־שחמט (square board used in the game of chess) · sh шаховска табла (square board used in the game of chess) · nog шатыраш тактасы (square board used in the game of chess) · sa चतुरङ्गफलक (square board used in the game of chess) · ro tablă de șah (square board used in the game of chess) · hi बिसात (square board used in the game of chess)