Lua: Render a chess board in smallest code
For a fancy ASCII art solution:

print("/"..("-"):rep(32).."\\")for y=0,15 do print("|"..("....    "):rep(5):sub(1+(y-y%2)*2%8):sub(1,32).."|")end print("\\"..("-"):rep(32).."/")


At 145 characters.

For a small ASCII art solution:

for i=1,8 do print(("# "):rep(9):sub(i,i+7))end


At 47 characters.