OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9616

chessboard

Meanings (ES + gloss)
tablero de ajedrez
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.
If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move.