chess board
King's battlefield surface
A chess board is the square playing surface for chess, divided into 64 alternating light and dark squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.
The board is positioned so each player has a light square in the near right corner.
Also spelled as one word: chessboard.
- pieceA portion or segment
- checkerboardAlternating square pattern
- kingMale crowned ruler
- squareRhombus with right angles
- dark squaresAlternating board spaces
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- chesspawns, knights, rooks, pawn, queens
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