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Checkerboards in Masonic Lodges
[edit]If anyone has noticed - there are checkerboards in Masonic Lodges. Just to let you know - perhaps we could add the Freemasonry article to this as one of the many places where we see Checkerboards? P.S. - On Scotland Yard's police cap there is a checkerboard design.
--XH 23:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)User:Xinyu
- No. Firstly, not all Lodge buildings have them, and secondly, it's not necessarily a square shaped pattern - it can even be a single row of alternating black and white triangles. Most importantly, don't ask an edit question and then make the edit without waiting for a reply. MSJapan (talk) 00:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Rubik's Cube
[edit]Rubik's Cube is listed as a game played on a chequerboard, which seems odd. It's not 8x8 and it's not a board (2D).
Some of the other entries seem a bit pointless too. I think that the sentence "An 8×8 board is also used for some other board games, although not necessarily a board with an alternating pattern" is a bad starting point, as it means we'll just list any game played on an 8x8 grid. Wouldn't a list of games played on a board identical to the board used in chess and chequers be far more useful? Wenttomowameadow (talk) 00:35, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
- Removed rubiks cube and cleaned-up the listTetron76 (talk) 17:30, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
American v British English
[edit]The article contains the following text beneath a picture:
The opening setup of international draughts, which uses a 10×10 checkerboard
I'm getting the impression that Americans call this international checkers, and thus the sentence mixes usage and spelling from across the pond. If so, it should say international checkers to be in line with the rest of the article. I'm just not sure, could someone comment on this? Digital Brains (talk) 15:39, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- I think the names used (international draughts and English draughts) are trying to stay true to the article names proper (versus using international checkers and checkers synonym redirects). IMO that seems ok (not a mixup)!? --IHTS (talk) 23:56, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- Tempted to change caption to say "chequerboard", but the article is Amer MOS:ENGVAR, so what's correct in caption is confusing. --IHTS (talk) 00:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)