Chess, the ancient game of strategy and intellect, has a rich history dating back to seventh-century India, where they called it chaturanga, evolving into the familiar rules we know today in Europe by ...

There’s something deeply satisfying about watching a designer solve multiple problems at once. William Young’s Jigsaw Chess Set is one of those rare designs that makes you wonder why nobody thought of ...

Cyrice Griffith, FRSA never intended to become a chessboard artist. But the moment her nine-year-old son came home one day in 2010 and asked to teach her how to play chess, something profound shifted.

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Found on the Isle of Lewis in 1831, this group of 78 chess pieces – along with 14 tablemen for backgammon and a belt buckle – probably originated in Trondheim, whose Norse leaders took control of the ...

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