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# chessboard

noun (a chessboard, chessboards)

«chessboard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A square board with 64 squares in eight rows of eight, coloured light and dark in turn, used for playing chess or draughts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths: a chessboard has 8 × 8 = 64 squares; famous puzzles count all its squares (204 of all sizes) or double grains of rice on each square. In games and stories: setting up the pieces on the chessboard.

### Examples

- Set up the pieces on the chessboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#x1)
- A chessboard has 64 squares. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#x2)
- The chessboard squares are black and white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#x3)
- We used the chessboard to play draughts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#x4)
- There are 32 dark squares on a chessboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#x5)
- The cat knocked over the chessboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#x6)
- “Who are you at all?” he cried, starting back from the chessboard and staring on Fionn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/#x7)

### Note

One word. 64 small squares, 32 light and 32 dark. Counting all squares of every size on a chessboard gives 204 — a common trick question. Draughts (UK) is called checkers in the US, played on the same board.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chessboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chessboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chessboard.html) on Mova free.