chessboards
chessboards is the plural of chessboard.
Meaning of chessboard
Noun
chessboard (plural chessboards)
- A square playing surface divided into eight rows and eight columns, forming sixty-four equal squares arranged in an alternating pattern of colors across both rows and columns.
- If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move.2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 4
- A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares.
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Questions about chessboards
- What is chessboards the plural of?
- Chessboards is the plural of chessboard.
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