🙾 Chessboard

The 🙾 “Chessboard” symbol appears as a square piece divided into cells of two colors, arranged alternately. The text symbol is included in the Unicode 7.0 version and is encoded in the “Ornamental Dingbats” block and is part of the “ Chess pieces“ set.

The emoji edition has not yet become official. Therefore, on most mobile and desktop devices 🙾 “Chessboard” looks like a white and black element and is not recommended for general use.

Meaning of 🙾 Chessboard

The 🙾 “Chessboard” emoji represents an object of the same name from the “Chess” set, which is used to place and move pieces during the game. The standard form is made of wood, plastic or hard cardboard, and consists of 32 ⬜ Light and 32 ⬛ Dark squares.

How to use

The chessboard, unlike the game pieces, is interpreted unambiguously. Therefore this emoji is a perfect choice for a chess context. For example, for inviting to play, to attend a tournament or to discuss the results of a match. Send in your messages the 🙾 “Chessboard” emoji and your interlocutor will immediately understand what you mean.

If you want to add other emoticons to your message, the “Chess pieces” set has a lot of options from which you can create interesting combos. Besides, use ⏱ “Stopwatch” or ⏲ “Time clock”, 🖊 “Lower left ballpoint pen” and 🗒️ “Spiral notepad” emojis in your texts.

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