Definition of chessboard
:a checkerboard used in the game of chess
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The diplomatic chessboard is complex and has multiple players; the threat of military escalation or punitive strikes would put millions of lives at risk.
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Inside his office at Golden Boy Promotions, the eponymous Golden Boy sits on a dark leather couch, next to a chessboard, considering his moves in boxing's summer renaissance.
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This is a character who navigates his path with an obsessive orderliness, moving according to the rules of some chessboard game of his own invention.
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Here is where (almost) everyone is on the massive chessboard that is Westeros.
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Unfortunately, on the day of the tournament finals, Aug. 8, the players and their chessboards were scattered by gusty winds that forced competition to be postponed.
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Kramnik had better control of his nerves and the chessboard tactical complications to score a resounding victory against the world champion who had been getting the upper hand against him in recent years.
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Australia Day's characters feel like pieces on a chessboard, shoehorned into place with utter predictability.
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The decorative spires rising above the roof bring to mind a chessboard set with rooks and pawns.
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First Known Use of chessboard
15th century
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