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Nine of the brand’s U.S.-based hotels offer a selection of chessboards that can be sent up to guests’ rooms.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2022

Before “Fortnite,” “Minecraft,” “Myst,” “Tetris” and “Pong” there were backyard baseball diamonds, chessboards and hopscotch tiles etched or placed on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2020

There are footballs, golf balls, softballs, chessboards, Legos–everything a curious kid could dream of–covering our office space.

From Time • Nov. 2, 2015

The alternating colors on chessboards should be muted—“soft to the eye, not glaring or highly reflective, as players study the board for hours at a time,” said Mr. Seirawan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2015

The floors were like marble chessboards, and the ceilings were like cakes.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer