I got a chequerboard from Santa, a very thoughtful gift, I tried to place it on a completely empty small square table (which quite big) and I get this, despite the fact there are no other items there:
[17:40:00] You start to place a luxurious checker board.
[17:40:05] There is no room for the luxurious checker board on the small square table.
This table is big enough to even fit 4 boards like this, looks like a bug.
EDIT: It also doesn't seem to work on other tables similar to IRL chess ones, but can fit on a cupboard.