Meanings
nounchessboard (plural chessboards)
plural chessboards · alternative chess board
- board gamesA 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 - mathematicsA mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans skaakbord
- skaakbordsquare board used in the game of chess
Arabic رَقْعَةُ شَطْرَنْج, رَقْعَةُ الشَّطْرَنْج
- رَقْعَةُ شَطْرَنْج (raqʕatu šaṭranj)square board used in the game of chess
- رَقْعَةُ الشَّطْرَنْج (raqʕatu š-šaṭranj)square board used in the game of chess
Bengali দাবা বোর্ড
- দাবা বোর্ড (daba bōrḍo)square board used in the game of chess
Bulgarian шахма́тна дъска́
- шахма́тна дъска́ (šahmátna dăská)square board used in the game of chess
Catalan àbac, escaquer
- àbacsquare board used in the game of chess
- escaquersquare board used in the game of chess
Chinese Cantonese 棋盤 /棋盘
- 棋盤 /棋盘square board used in the game of chess
Chinese Mandarin 棋盤 /棋盘
- 棋盤 /棋盘 (qípán)square board used in the game of chess
Czech šachovnice
- šachovnicesquare board used in the game of chess
Danish skakbræt
- skakbrætsquare board used in the game of chess
Dutch schaakbord
- schaakbordsquare board used in the game of chess
Esperanto ŝaktabulo
- ŝaktabulosquare board used in the game of chess
Estonian malelaud
- malelaudsquare board used in the game of chess
Finnish shakkilauta, šakkilauta
- shakkilautasquare board used in the game of chess
- šakkilautasquare board used in the game of chess
French échiquier
- échiquiersquare board used in the game of chess
German Schachbrett
- Schachbrettsquare board used in the game of chess
Greek σκακιέρα
- σκακιέρα (skakiéra)square board used in the game of chess
Hebrew לוּחַ שַׁחְמָט
- לוּחַ שַׁחְמָט (lúakh shakhmát)square board used in the game of chess
Hindi बिसात, शतरंज की बिसात
- बिसात (bisāt)square board used in the game of chess
- शतरंज की बिसात (śatrañj kī bisāt)square board used in the game of chess
Hungarian sakktábla
- sakktáblasquare board used in the game of chess
Icelandic skákborð
- skákborðsquare board used in the game of chess
Indonesian papan catur
- papan catursquare board used in the game of chess
Irish ficheall, clár fichille
- ficheallsquare board used in the game of chess
- clár fichillesquare board used in the game of chess
Italian scacchiera
- scacchierasquare board used in the game of chess
Japanese チェスボード, チェス盤
- チェスボード (chesubōdo)square board used in the game of chess
- チェス盤 (chesuban)square board used in the game of chess
Korean 체스판, 체스보드
- 체스판 (cheseupan)square board used in the game of chess
- 체스보드 (cheseubodeu)square board used in the game of chess
Latin scaccārium
- scaccāriumsquare board used in the game of chess
Latvian šaha gaļdiņš
- šaha gaļdiņšsquare board used in the game of chess
Lithuanian šachmatų lenta
- šachmatų lentasquare board used in the game of chess
Malay papan catur
- papan catursquare board used in the game of chess
Norwegian Bokmål sjakkbrett
- sjakkbrettsquare board used in the game of chess
Polish szachownica
- szachownicasquare board used in the game of chess
Portuguese tabuleiro de xadrez
- tabuleiro de xadrezsquare board used in the game of chess
Romanian tablă de șah, eșichier
- tablă de șahsquare board used in the game of chess
- eșichiersquare board used in the game of chess
Russian ша́хматная доска́
- ша́хматная доска́ (šáxmatnaja doská)square board used in the game of chess
Slovak šachovnica
- šachovnicasquare board used in the game of chess
Spanish tablero de ajedrez
- tablero de ajedrezsquare board used in the game of chess
Swedish schackbräde
- schackbrädesquare board used in the game of chess
Tagalog ahedresan
- ahedresansquare board used in the game of chess
Thai กระดานหมากรุก
- กระดานหมากรุก (grà-daan-màak-rúk)square board used in the game of chess
Turkish satranç tahtası
- satranç tahtasısquare board used in the game of chess
Ukrainian шахівни́ця, ша́хматна до́шка
- шахівни́ця (šaxivnýcja)square board used in the game of chess
- ша́хматна до́шка (šáxmatna dóška)square board used in the game of chess
Urdu تَخْتَۂ شَطْرَنْج
- تَخْتَۂ شَطْرَنْج (taxta-yi śatranj)square board used in the game of chess
Vietnamese bàn cờ
- bàn cờsquare board used in the game of chess
Yiddish שאָכברעט
- שאָכברעט (shokhbret)square board used in the game of chess
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chessboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chessboard
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“chessboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chessboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chessboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chessboard.
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