Hartwig’s design ... knight, king– become irrelevant. All that matters was movement, which is made tangible as the identifying characteristic of each piece. Lanier Graham’s 1966 chess ...

Prior to 1849, there was no such thing as a “normal chess set ... and legibility of Cook’s design, and allowed Cook to use of his name in marketing the new pieces, which were first offered ...

Take the 18th century Chinese rat set – an extremely rare design with each piece reconstituted as a robed rodent, fashioned from Indian ivory. 'It is certainly one of the most unorthodox of all ...

Cancel anytime. The giant chess piece standing outside the World Chess Hall of Fame in the Central West End is in check. At 20 feet tall, the wood king piece is officially the world’s largest ...

Google Labs, the experimental arm of the tech giant, has introduced a new online project that offers an entertaining variation of the game of chess ... pieces. For example, if the king doesn ...