Zoë Blade's notebook

Chessboard

A chessboard is, naturally, a board on which you can play chess. It consists of sixty-four squares in an 8×8 grid. The squares' colours alternate dark and light in a chequered fashion. From both players' points of view, the front-left and back-right squares are dark, while the front-right and back-left squares are light.

There are also chess tables, which feature a built-in chessboard as the main part of their surface.

Chess set: Chessboard | Chessmen | Style of chessmen

Chessboard divisions: Rank