A checkerboard ( American English) or chequerboard ( British English; see spelling differences) is a game board of checkered pattern on which checkers (also known as English draughts) is played. [1] Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares (8×8) of alternating dark and light color, typically green and buff (official tournaments), black and red (consumer commercial), or black and white (printed diagrams). 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.
Martin Gardner 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 grid with rows and columns, a function ,
or, alternatively,
The element is black and represents the lower left corner of the board.
A checkerboard ( American English) or chequerboard ( British English; see spelling differences) is a game board of checkered pattern on which checkers (also known as English draughts) is played. [1] Most commonly, it consists of 64 squares (8×8) of alternating dark and light color, typically green and buff (official tournaments), black and red (consumer commercial), or black and white (printed diagrams). 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.
Martin Gardner 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 grid with rows and columns, a function ,
or, alternatively,
The element is black and represents the lower left corner of the board.