chessboard

English

Etymology

chess + board

Noun

chessboard (plural chessboards)

  1. (chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.
  2. (topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares

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