Chess vs. Checkerboard

Chessnoun

A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

Chessnoun

Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Chessnoun

One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Chessnoun

A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.

Chessnoun

A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; - called also cheat and Willard's bromus.

Chessnoun

weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

Chessnoun

a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

Chessnoun

a board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a chequered board on which each playing piece is moved according to precise rules. The object is to put the opponent's king under a direct attack from which escape is impossible (checkmate).

Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive board game played between two players. It is sometimes called Western or international chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi.

Checkerboardnoun

A pattern of squares of alternating colours.

Checkerboardnoun

A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.

Checkerboardverb

(transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.

Checkerboardnoun

A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers, chess, or draughts.

Checkerboardnoun

a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors

Checkerboard

A checkerboard (American English) or chequerboard (British English; see spelling differences) is a board of chequered pattern on which draughts (checkers) is played. Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares (8×8) of alternating dark and light color, typically green and buff (official tournaments), black and red (consumer commercial), or black and white (printed diagrams).