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Just as pieces on the chessboard are aligned with different strengths and weaknesses, stakeholders in the organization, such as employees, shareholders or customers, have varying levels of influence.
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Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Syria under Assad used to be one of Tehran’s most important pieces on the Middle East chessboard, a country that provided Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with a way station to send weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
The clue refers to a chessboard, and the answer is the CASTLE or, more popularly, a rook.
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Afterward, the man and his son noticed a chessboard in the establishment and played a game.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2025
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Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Syria under Assad used to be one of Tehran’s most important pieces on the Middle East chessboard, a country that provided Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with a way station to send weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
The clue refers to a chessboard, and the answer is the CASTLE or, more popularly, a rook.
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Afterward, the man and his son noticed a chessboard in the establishment and played a game.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2025
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“Chessboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chessboard. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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