Giant chess boards, two of them, will be in a picnic area near the soccer fields. Pieces will be rented at the visitor center.

The proposed giant chess board for Mill Valley’s downtown Lytton Square is in trouble. Talk of checkmating the idea, unthinkable and unmentioned until yesterday, has surfaced. Members of the ...

GIANTCHESS2 John Cutler holds a Knight from the giant chess board he proposes for the plaza where he stands in Mill Valley Penni Gladstone/The Chronicle Photo taken on 7/11/06, in Mill Valley, CA.

He'll be at Go Ask Mom's event at North Hills' Farmers' Market from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday with a giant chess board for kids to check out and more information about his program and offerings.

The board is the brain-child of chess enthusiast Jason Kouchak who has already provided a similar board for London’s Holland Park, has plans for another in Paris, and hopes one day to see kids ...

Hialeah has opened its own Domino Park, complete with huge dominoes and giant chess and checker boards. The park is open just outside John F. Kennedy Library and is surrounded by colorful murals.

Alexis LaLoge, 8, Goshen, plays chess against her mother Bethany Wednesday afternoon at the Goshen Public Library on the library’s new giant chess board. The pieces are about 2 feet tall.

Greenville City Council member Rick Smiley, who serves on the library board, said the giant chess set’s purpose is to catch the public’s eye and encourage people to come into the library and ...

A green space between the school’s library and communication building will also undergo improvements with additional bistro lighting, tables and chairs, a giant chess board and fire pits.

SEATTLE — A giant chess board is now in the heart of the Rainier Beach neighborhood as part of a new park honoring a Seattle Police Department detective.

The board is the brain-child of chess enthusiast Jason Kouchak who has already provided a similar board for London’s Holland Park, has plans for another in Paris, and hopes one day to see kids ...