The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Checkerboard \Check"er*board\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*b[=o]rd`), n.
   A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for
   playing checkers, chess, or draughts.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

checkerboard
    n 1: a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors [syn:
         checkerboard, checker board]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "checkerboard":
   agate, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, blocks, check,
   checker, checkerwork, chessboard, club, cockhorse,
   colors in patches, crazy-work, cricket bat, cue, doll,
   doll carriage, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, harlequin, hobbyhorse,
   jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, kickshaw,
   knickknack, marble, marionette, marquetry, mig, mosaic, paper doll,
   parquet, parquetry, patchwork, pick-up sticks, pinwheel, plaid,
   plaything, puppet, racket, rag doll, rocking horse, sport, steelie,
   tartan, taw, teetotum, tessellation, tesserae, top, toy,
   toy soldier, trinket, variegated pattern, whim-wham