checker·board checkerboards in BRIT, also use chequerboard1. A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess
A checkerboard pattern is made up of equal-sized squares of two different colours, usually black and white. a board that you play checkers on, with 32 white squares and 32 black squares British Equivalent: draughtboard
A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts