Definition:Chess/Chessboard/Square
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Definition
The individual spaces of the chessboard are referred to as its squares.
They are conventionally identified by a letter-number pair, where:
White Square
A white square of a chessboard is one of the squares which is of the lighter colour.
Black Square
A black square of a chessboard is one of the squares which is of the darker colour.
Also known as
The squares of a chessboard can also be seen referred to as cells.
Sources
- 1993: Richard J. Trudeau: Introduction to Graph Theory ... (previous) ... (next): $1$. Pure Mathematics: Games