棋盘 — meaning in English

English meaning

• checkerboard noun A square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
• chessboard noun The square board of 64 alternating light and dark squares used to play chess.
• gameboard noun A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved.

Senses

棋盘 is used for these senses in English:

• checkerboard A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
• chessboard (chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.
• fritillary Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.
• gameboard (board games) A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved.
• marbled white The large black-and-white chequered butterfly Melanargia galathea, of the family Nymphalidae.

checkerboard — full definition

1. noun A square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
2. noun A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
3. noun A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.