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Definition of Chessboard
1. Noun. A checkerboard used to play chess.
Generic synonyms: Checker Board, Checkerboard
Group relationships: Chess Set
Definition of Chessboard
1. n. The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.
Definition of Chessboard
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chessboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chessboard
Literary usage of Chessboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1876)
"... HA)—A White piece is taken at random and put down on a random square of a
clear chessboard, and the same is done with a Black piece ; find the chance ..."
2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1904)
"... the ultimate of civilization, is a gainer thereby. Chicago, III. DANIEL L.
CRUICE. TIBET, RUSSIA AND ENGLAND ON THE INTERNATIONAL chessboard. ..."
3. The Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice by James Mason (1896)
"... constitute the system of notation most generally in use, as best fitted to
describe the actual movements of the various forces on the chessboard. ..."
4. Roman Van Walewein by Penninc, Pieter Vostaert (1848)
"... wij naar Lady Guest's vertaling : (2) » A.nd Peredur beheld a chessboard in
the hall, and the chessmen were playing against each other, by themselves. ..."
5. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from the "Educational Times": With by W. J. C. Miller (1868)
"If on an ordinary chessboard we compare any two rows or any two columns, ...
Extend the construction to the case of a chessboard containing 2' (instead of ..."
6. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1813)
"THUS a company of chessmen standing on the same squares of the chessboard, where
we left them, we say they are all in the same place, or unmoved; ..."
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