checkerboard

noun Also called, British, draughtboard (for def 1).

1. a board marked off into 64 squares of two alternating colors, arranged in eight vertical and eight horizontal rows, on which checkers or chess is played.
2. a design resembling this: The garden was laid out in a checkerboard.

verb (used with object)

3. to arrange in or mark with a checkerboard pattern: a wall checkerboarded with black and white tiles.

noun

1. US and Canadian a square board divided into 64 squares of alternating colours, used for playing checkers or chessAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): draughtboard