man,
piece game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
checkers,
draughts a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
Verb
chequer -
mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
