A wooden set with a hand-carved feel Weigel is a well-known name in chess and has a built a reputation for producing high-quality wooden sets for over half a century.

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“While I was in Bahrain in 1981 I saw a very nice hand-carved wooden Indian set that I bought for £200. ... Allawi began to purchase old chess sets from the major auction houses and specialist ...

Newmarket chess piece trail will launch from Monday, with three competition winners able to see their designs for the first time.

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 ...