white squares

Chess board's light

White squares are the lighter-colored spaces on a checkerboard or chessboard, alternating with dark squares to create the characteristic grid pattern.

The term appears in chess notation and puzzles: The bishop moves only on white squares.

By extension, any alternating pattern of light and dark spaces may have white squares.

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color on checkered pattern

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Filled grid cells

dark squares

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G