chessboard

noun

chess·​board ˈches-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce chessboard (audio)
: a checkerboard used in the game of chess

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The Complex Game Known As Tariffs As the Trump Administration wages trade wars with China, the European Union, and other trading partners, tariffs are being used—advance, withdraw, advance again—the way pieces are moved across a chessboard. Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 The ultimate message is one of dehumanization—treating people like pawns who can be moved at will around a global chessboard, to countries that sound less hospitable, and, in many cases, do, in fact, have poor human-rights records. Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025 And the evening might have said as much, scaling down some of the more grandiose aspects of her Coachella performance — the medieval facade in the backdrop, the chessboard in the middle of the audience — to fit into a smaller setting. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 17 July 2025 Small wonder, then, that her most reliable companion is an AI-powered chessboard, which offers direct answers to her most pressing questions. Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for chessboard

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chessboard was in the 15th century

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“Chessboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chessboard. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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