A new public art trail is encouraging visitors to explore Newmarket through the game of chess. The Chess Sculpture Trail, ...

SAN DIEGO — A palm-sized sandstone object found in 1991 at an Early Islamic trading outpost in what’s now southern Jordan appears to be the oldest known chess piece. This roughly 1,300-year ...

Narrator: With every shaving and small incision, master artisans turn these trunks of wood into 32 hand-carved chess pieces. You can pick up a plastic set for $20, but a wooden set certified for ...

The ornate walrus ivory pieces were carved at some point in the 12th or 13th century in Norway. In July 2019, a newly identified missing piece, the equivalent of a rook, sold at auction for £ ...

A small, rectangular stone (right), previously excavated at the Jordanian site of Humayma (shown at left), may be the oldest known chess piece, a rook dating to around 1,300 years ago.

The world's oldest chess piece — carved from a piece of sandstone around 1,300 years ago — may have been found in an ancient Islamic settlement in south Jordan. The chessman is believed to be ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is considering an unlikely bid to become part of the Winter Olympic Games, it has been reported.

Chess piece bought for $7 expected to sell for $1.8 million at upcoming auction This family were totally unaware that this ordinary-looking object was worth $1.8 million.

As Alex Horton writes for the Washington Post, the chess pieces were likely carved by artisans from the Norwegian settlement of Trondheim between 1150 and 1200.

Detail of 3d-printed chess pieces by Claire Burelli Detail of carved chess pieces by Pierre Chaumont Pierre Chaumont, “Separated” (2015) (courtesy the artist) ...