Checkerboard


A checkerboard or chequerboard is a board of chequered pattern on which draughts is played. Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares of alternating dark and light color, typically green and buff, black and red, or black and white. An 8×8 checkerboard is used to play many other games, including chess, whereby it is known as a chessboard. Other rectangular square-tiled boards are also often called checkerboards.

Games and puzzles using checkerboards

featured puzzles based on checkerboards in his November 1962 Mathematical Games column in Scientific American. A square checkerboard with an alternating pattern is used for games including:
The following games require an 8×8 board and are sometimes played on a chessboard.
Given a matrix with rows and columns, a function,


or, alternatively,



The element is black and represents the lower left corner of the board.

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