“These simple chess pieces followed the basic Arabic forms, where anthropomorphic figures were prohibited,” says archaeologist Andy Chapman of Museum of London Archaeology Northampton, who is ...

This story is from July 26, 2013 Easy for seeds in NDCA mini chess championship Amit Sampat / TNN / Jul 26, 2013, 03:20 IST AA Follow us ...

The first is the numeric value of the pieces left on the board, where a pawn is worth 1 point, a knight 3 points, a queen 9 points, and so on. More important than points, though, is board position.

A 900-year-old Viking chess piece that was bought for less than $10 in the 1960s has been sold at auction for $924,000. The 3 1/2-inch Lewis Chessman was sold to an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's ...

The House of Staunton, locally in 1990 by a competitive chess player, sells luxury chess sets to players around the world, including Australia, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Mexico and especially ...