chessboard

noun

chess·​board ˈches-ˌbȯrd 

: a checkerboard used in the game of chess

Examples of chessboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Personnel is what’s important, but Scaloni treats his players as people, not as pawns on a chessboard. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 July 2026

My earliest childhood memory isn’t of a chessboard but of watching the thrilling 1970 quarterfinal match between England and West Germany. — Garry Kasparov, Washington Post, 10 July 2026

Around folding tables holding chessboards, mahjong sets and stacks of cards, people in their 20s and 30s are choosing slow, screen-free hangs over another night at the bar. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026

Director Nottapon Boonprakob moves around on his storytelling chessboard a lot of pieces that start to tie together. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chessboard

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword