chess·board

(chĕs′bôrd′)

A game board marked with 64 squares, used in playing chess.

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chessboard

(ˈtʃɛsˌbɔːd)

(Chess & Draughts) a square board divided into 64 squares of two alternating colours, used for playing chess or draughts

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chess•board

(ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd)

n.

a checkerboard used for playing chess.

[1400–50]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

chessboard - a checkerboard used to play chess

chess board

checker board, checkerboard - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors

chess set - checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess

Translations

šachovnice

shakkilauta

šachovnica

šahovnica

schackbräde

chessboard

[ˈtʃesbɔːd] N → tablero m de ajedrez

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chessboard

[ˈtʃɛsbɔː^rd] n → échiquier mchess club n → club m d'échecs

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chessboard

[ˈtʃɛsˌbɔːd] n → scacchiera

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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"Tell the King of Naples," said he sternly, "that it is not noon yet, and I don't yet see my chessboard clearly.

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Out here it seemed as though the people of England must be shaped in the body like the kings and queens, knights and pawns of the chessboard, so strange were their differences, so marked and so implicitly believed in.

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On the table between the two was a chessboard; the men were playing.

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'I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last.

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The parlor was always bright and attractive, the chessboard ready, the piano in tune, plenty of gay gossip, and a nice little supper set forth in tempting style.

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Your standing army is good, beyond a doubt,--a well-trained machine, an excellent plaything for a General to move across the chessboard. It might even win battles, and yet your standing army are mercenaries, and no great nation, from the days of Babylon, has resisted invasion or held an empire by her mercenaries."

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He said "Good morning" with a slight gasp, remained very still for another minute and then pulled out of his pocket the travelling chessboard, and holding it in his hand, directed at me a glance of inquiry.

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