TRAVEL FUN
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-07_J_19.wmv">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Peterhof in St. Petersburg, Russia.</a>)  Peter the Great loved games, & one of the fanciful cascades here at Peterhof is named for this kind of playing surface'
checkerboard (or chessboard)