The chessboard was vertical, and pegs represented pieces. There were mechanical ... it couldn’t play a full game of chess. The machine always played white with a king and rook in a fixed position.

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 ...

The first key concept of this Checkmate is that the Black King does not have ... about the danger of lose pieces through his excellent book “Secrets of Practical Chess”: unprotected pieces ...