ANSWER: The comparison between two items which shows what is being played - Playing chess or checkers are:
1. Chess uses the whole board while checkers doesn't. Chess uses every piece on the board whereas Checkers uses only half of the board because of its limitation in movement.
2. Moves in Checkers needs to plan many steps in advance while the moves in Chess needs to be planned after your opponent has completed his move. Chess movements are reactive while Checker movements are proactive in nature.