The chessman is believed to be a rook, which in the game is permitted to move horizontally and vertically for as many spaces as possible and can 'castle' with a king. Chess is thought to have ...
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-old ...
Honour was satisfied after an entertaining match between London and Moscow, played on chess pieces and boards sculpted from ice was agreed a draw by the teams at Trafalgar and Pushkin Square. In the ...