Chessboard

Chessboard with Staunton chess pieces

A chessboard is often painted or engraved on a chess table. The photograph shows a chess table in a park.

A chessboard is the board (checkerboard) used in the game of chess, which consists of eight rows and eight columns of squares arranged in two alternating colors (light and dark). Similar boards are also known as checkerboards. The colors are called "black" and "white" (or "light" and "dark"), although the actual colors are usually dark green and buff for boards used in competition, and often natural shades of light and dark woods for home boards. Materials vary widely; while wooden boards are generally used in high-level games, vinyl and cardboard are common for low-level and informal play. Decorative glass and marble boards are available but not usually accepted for sanctioned games. Image File history File links This image is used in the standard chess diagram template. ... Image File history File links This image is used in the standard chess diagram template. ... Image File history File links This image is used in the standard chess diagram template. ... 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Image File history File links A table with a chess board on it This photograph was taken by Alan Mak on September 3rd, 2005 in Goleta, California, USA. Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Chess Chessboard Chess table ... Image File history File links A table with a chess board on it This photograph was taken by Alan Mak on September 3rd, 2005 in Goleta, California, USA. Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Chess Chessboard Chess table ... This article needs cleanup. ... Wooden boards as used in construction. ... Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. ... Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ... 5 by 5 checkerboard pattern A checkerboard (or chequerboard) is a board on which American checkers is played. ... Buff is a pale yellow-brown colour that got its name from the colour of buffalo leather. ... Chemical structure of the vinyl functional group. ...

Some low-cost sets (especially those sold in toy stores) may use red and black squares, which is also used for toy checkers; though suitable for informal play, such boards are often not accepted for sanctioned play, depending on the local authority's rules on equipment standards. starting position on a 10×10 draughts board Draughts, also known as checkers, is a group of mental sport board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemys pieces. ...

The board is always placed so that the rightmost square on the row nearest each player is a "white" square. The size of the board is usually chosen to be appropriate for the chess pieces used. A square size approximately 1.25 to 1.3 times the size of the base of the king is preferred. In chess, each player has one of two equivalent sets of pieces of different colors. ...

In modern commentary, the columns (called files) are labeled by the letters a to h from left to right from the white player's point of view, and the rows (called ranks) by the numbers 1 to 8, with 1 being closest to the white player, thus providing a standard notation called algebraic chess notation. This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. ... This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. ... Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...

In older English commentary, the files are labeled by the piece originally occupying its first rank (i.e. Queen, King's rook, Queen's bishop), and ranks by the numbers 1 to 8 from each player's point of view, depending on the move being described. This is called descriptive chess notation, and is no longer commonly used. Descriptive chess notation, or just descriptive notation is a notation for recording chess games, and at one time was the most popular notation for doing so. ...

Some chess boards are themed, as in all the pieces are personified as characters from some specific source, e.g. Lord of the Rings chess [1].

External links

• Eric W. Weisstein, Chessboard at MathWorld.
• Selecting a Chess Board