public class Board implements Cloneable { public static final int NO_OF_ROWS = 8; public static final int NO_OF_COLUMNS = 8; private final Cell[][] board; public Board() { this.board = new Cell[NO_OF_ROWS][NO_OF_COLUMNS]; for (int row = NO_OF_ROWS - 1; row >= 0; row--) { for (int col = NO_OF_COLUMNS - 1; col >= 0; col--) { if ((row + col) % 2 == 0) { board[row][col] = new Cell("WHITE"); } else { board[row][col] = new Cell("BLACK"); } } } } public void print() { for (int row = 0; row < NO_OF_ROWS; row++) { for (int col = 0; col < NO_OF_COLUMNS; col++) { System.out.print(board[row][col] + " "); } System.out.println(); } } @Override public Object clone() { Object obj = null; try { obj = super.clone(); } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return obj; } }