Checkerboard
A checkerboard (American English) or chequerboard (British English; see spelling differences) is a board of checkered pattern on which checkers (also known as English draughts) is played. 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. Games and puzzles using 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. Mathematical description. Given a matrix with formula_1 rows and formula_2 columns, a function formula_3, formula_4 or, alternatively, formula_5 The element formula_6 is black and represents the lower left corner of the board.