1) Board 2) Gameboard 3) Surface of 64 squares 1) Chessboard 
A checkerboard or chequerboard (see spelling differences) is a board of chequered pattern on which English draughts (checkers) is played. It consists of 64 squares (8×8) of alternating dark and light color, often black and white. Other rectangular square-tiled boards are also often called checkerboards. In this sense it refers not to a physical b...
• (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.
Check'er·board (-bōrd`) noun A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts. 
[n] - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
checker board noun a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
a board marked off into 64 squares of two alternating colors, arranged in eight vertical and eight horizontal rows, on which checkers or chess is played. · a design resembling this: The garden was laid out in a checkerboard.