chessboard
noun
chess·board ˈches-ˌbȯrd 
: a checkerboard used in the game of chess
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Griner got nine years, six months, a sudden pawn on a political chessboard. 
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022 The company, which is in prep to begin shooting Blade in Atlanta in October and will release Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November, is now setting up the generals to implement the plans across its giant chessboard. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2022 My dad has the kind of brain that maps perfectly onto a chessboard: methodical, logical, but also intense and relentless. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022 The Hollywood chessboard is set for Sink to have a significant breakout moment in 2022. Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 June 2022 The chessboard has greatly shifted since Musk made his bid on April 5. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 May 2022 The position on the chessboard below was reached in the second game of the World Championship Candidates match in 1971 between the American grandmaster Bobby Fischer playing white, and the Soviet grandmaster Mark Taimanov playing black. Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022 The intervention threatens to upset Putin’s chessboard and injects a new force into the conflict that could beat Russia’s army in the field. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022 This season, the French illustrator Ugo Bienvenu (who has collaborated with Hermès on several occasions) designed a scarf depicting a beachside promenade, where bathers gather in the surf and frolic on an enormous chessboard. New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022 See More
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022 The company, which is in prep to begin shooting Blade in Atlanta in October and will release Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November, is now setting up the generals to implement the plans across its giant chessboard. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2022 My dad has the kind of brain that maps perfectly onto a chessboard: methodical, logical, but also intense and relentless. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022 The Hollywood chessboard is set for Sink to have a significant breakout moment in 2022. Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 June 2022 The chessboard has greatly shifted since Musk made his bid on April 5. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 May 2022 The position on the chessboard below was reached in the second game of the World Championship Candidates match in 1971 between the American grandmaster Bobby Fischer playing white, and the Soviet grandmaster Mark Taimanov playing black. Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022 The intervention threatens to upset Putin’s chessboard and injects a new force into the conflict that could beat Russia’s army in the field. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022 This season, the French illustrator Ugo Bienvenu (who has collaborated with Hermès on several occasions) designed a scarf depicting a beachside promenade, where bathers gather in the surf and frolic on an enormous chessboard. New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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