chessboard

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Anyway, in the full chessboard implementation described here, if the board is already at parity you flip the coin at the top-left.

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Quick take

(topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chessboard gathered in one view.

noun

(topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares

noun

(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chessboard.

noun

(topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares

noun

(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.

Example sentences

Anyway, in the full chessboard implementation described here, if the board is already at parity you flip the coin at the top-left.

Every time you get a problem with a rectangle table, you must paint it like a chessboard.

The important thing about the three sided chessboard is, that one or more parties may actually play capture the flag.

For example consider a similar puzzle except instead of a chessboard and 64 coins, you have a 6x6 board, with one die on each square.

Not exactly; this overstates the complexity of the chessboard display.

Cuba, Russia were also big players on the chessboard.

The illustration of the three-sided chessboard was fascinating.

Therefore, given no extra information, you may not be able to tell whether a given chessboard is legal without being given the entire history of the board as well.

Chess experts remember actual legal positions that occur in games much better than non-players, but they are no better at remembering positions that never occur -- a bunch of kings on a chessboard, some in adjacent squares, for example.

I suspect that what's supposed to be happening in this scene is that Ace Ventura has swept all the pieces off the chessboard in an excess of accusatory zeal, but I can't tell if there's any sound of chess pieces hitting the floor because the guy keeps talking and waving the phone around.