What game is similar to chess?

Question

it has black and white pieces and is played on a tiled board.

Answer 1

Checkers.

Answer 2

checkers

Answer 3

othelo

Answer 4

Checkers for sure

Answer 5

checkers its played on the same board

Answer 6

I think you are talking about checkers or chinese checkers.Don't know of anything else similar to chess.

Rahul

Answer 7

I think that the game you are thinking of might be Tablut (best fits your description) or Hnefatafl or another Tafl variation.  There is a nice Wikipedia entry on Tafl games that might be helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl

I think that's what you're looking for!  Have fun!