Usage Note
Scacchiera comes from scacchi (chess, from Persian shāh, king). The word is also used figuratively for any grid or checkerboard pattern — un pavimento a scacchiera (a chessboard-patterned floor). The game of chess itself is gli scacchi (always plural), so giocare a scacchi is to play chess.
Examples
"Sistemò i pezzi sulla scacchiera con cura."
Natural Translation
He arranged the pieces on the chessboard carefully.
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