Sentence examples for chessboard by from inspiring English sources

The Oddfellows Players performed on a chessboard by Ms. Ono.

"The great officers of the NYPD are not pawns to be moved around a political chessboard by the Mayor".

From what he goes on to describe, the Zionist conspiracy sounds very serious indeed – the world turned chessboard by a cabal of sinister oligarchs, who cause wars and rattle their sabres for capitalism while keeping the populace in check with bread, circuses, and the need to make regular mortgage payments. .

Optimal work concentration for the conjugates was determined by chessboard titrations by using an RF-positive serum pool.

Bughouse is a chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two.

Bughouse chess (also known as Exchange chess, Siamese chess, Tandem chess, Transfer chess, Double bughouse, Cross chess, or simply bughouse or bug) is a popular chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two.

About the 12th century ad an early form of the game was adapted to the 64-square chessboard, and by the 16th century the rule compelling capture had been added, producing a game essentially the same as modern checkers.

With Haiti's political future hanging in the balance, a reconstituted army would be yet another piece on an increasingly confusing chessboard shared by militias, gangs and myriad opposition groups.

No real blame there; the Hodenosaunee were pawns on a chessboard dominated by France and Britain, and McLynn's book describes the climactic year in which the heavy back-row pieces clashed mightily and Britain was triumphant.

There was also a high demand for luxury items such as ivory combs and chessboards, which by the 14th century were being sold throughout Europe.

The rows of the chessboard are represented by the numerals 1, 2, …, 8; the columns are represented by the lower case letters a, b, …, h.