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 ...

A small object that was discovered in what's now southern Jordan seems to be the world's oldest known chess piece. The retangular piece of rock with two horn-shaped points on top looks like rooks ...

Always go for the rarest and finest carved pieces you can afford ... They were named after the 19th Century English chess pioneer Howard Staunton and start at about £300 but can sell for more ...

the ones we simply think of as chess pieces. Prior to its invention, there were a wide variety of popular styles in England, such as The St George, The English Barleycorn, and the Northern Upright.

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 ...

Chess is one ... all is this hand-carved set Dubrovnik II from Slovenia – claimed by the maker to be the “best chessmen ever.” The design is based on that used for pieces in the 1950 Chess ...

For chess players, the board and the 32 pieces are often far more than just the tools of their trade. In that sense, Gukesh touching the pieces and seeking their blessings was nothing out of the ...

the ones we simply think of as chess pieces. Prior to its invention, there were a wide variety of popular styles in England, such as The St George, The English Barleycorn, and the Northern Upright.