We play chess on a checkerboard.
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Checkerboard
//ˈt͡ʃɛkəˌbɔːd//
Synonyms for "checkerboard" (68 found)
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24 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- шахматна дъска noun (game board)
Catalan
1 entries- àbac noun (game board)
Finnish
3 entries- ruutukuvio noun (pattern of squares of alternating colours)
- shakkikuvio noun (pattern of squares of alternating colours)
- shakkilauta noun (game board)
French
3 entries- damier noun (pattern of squares of alternating colours)
- damier noun (game board)
- échiquier noun (game board)
Galician
1 entries- tableiro noun (game board)
Ido
1 entries- damoplanko noun (game board)
Italian
2 entries- scacchiera noun (pattern of squares of alternating colours)
- scacchiera noun (game board)
Korean
1 entries- 체커판 noun (game board)
Middle English
2 entries- cheker noun (pattern of squares of alternating colours)
- cheker noun (game board)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Daumbrat noun (game board)
Polish
1 entries- szachownica noun (pattern of squares of alternating colours)
Portuguese
1 entries- tabuleiro noun (game board)
Russian
1 entries- ша́хматная доска́ noun (game board)
Spanish
4 entries- damero noun (game board)
- escaque noun (pattern of squares of alternating colours)
- tablero noun (game board)
- tablero de damas noun (game board)
Tagalog
1 entries- damahan noun (game board)
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We play chess with a checkerboard.
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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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