We play chess on a checkerboard.
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Checkerboard
/ˈt͡ʃɛkəˌbɔːd/
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We play chess with a checkerboard.
Source: tatoeba (7954092)
The checkerboard with 100 squares used in checkers has its black squares numbered 1 to 50, from right to left, on the black side, so that they initially occupy the four rows of squares identified by the numbers 1 to 20, while the white pieces stand on the four rows of squares identified by the numbers 31 to 50.
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The checkerboard tiling and shopworn 1950s decor in Dr. David Mushabac's dental office seem a bit old fashioned, but all the necessities are there: sky-blue swivel chair with headrest, porcelain basin, cotton swabs, and row upon row of sterile metal instruments.
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