chessboard

[ ches-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun

the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.

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Origin of chessboard

1400–50; late Middle English. See chess¹, board

Words nearby chessboard

Cheshunt, Cheshvan, cheskey, Chesnutt, chess, chessboard, chessboxing, chess clock, chessel, chessman, chess pie

How to use chessboard in a sentence

Who wins and loses is determined by an almost endless collection of factors, a movable chessboard around a basketball court, skill and intellect and physicality in new and unpredictable permutations.
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Last week, you navigated an 8-by-8 chessboard, each of whose squares had one piece.
Will Riddler Nation Win Gold In Archery?|Zach Wissner-Gross|July 30, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
To do so, Washington would have to overcome the reflexive tendency of many of these — India, Pakistan, Russia, Iran — to see Afghanistan as a kind of geopolitical chessboard on which to enhance influence or checkmate another’s.
The Endgame in Afghanistan: Darker Clouds Gather|Tracy Moran|July 28, 2021|Ozy
“Congo was clearly just a pawn in the global chessboard of West vs. East,” Holm says.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Leo is strategic, the queen on the chessboard, the prime mover of the zodiac.
The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|August 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But Indonesia, like most of its Asian neighbors, does not easily fit the stereotype of a piece on a strategic chessboard.
Obama's Awkward Indonesia Trip|Sahil Mahtani, Kenneth Weisbrode|November 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
While Saunders sat with his eyes on the chessboard, Eustace walked over to the window and examined the fastenings.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4)|Various
Nothing disconcerted, her lover remained with her in the house, and they amused themselves with a pack of cards and a chessboard.
The Mysteries of Montreal|Charlotte Fuhrer
The Annesley-Setons' first move on the social chessboard was to make use of a pawn or two in the shape of "society reporters."
The Second Latchkey|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
Won't Cresswell open those sleepy eyes of his when he sees this move of mine on the chessboard?
The Beauty|Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
Thus a chessboard was an ideograph, and stood for a gift, and sometimes a building.
Cleopatra's Needle|James King

British Dictionary definitions for chessboard

chessboard

/ (ˈtʃɛsˌbɔːd) /

noun

a square board divided into 64 squares of two alternating colours, used for playing chess or draughts

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