He wanted Lewis to concentrate on the opponent with the gloves on, not the one with a chess piece in his hand. “I saw it as a way to plan my moves in the ring,” Lewis said.

So, on the Islamic chess board the king is accompanied by his male adviser, the vizier, while the European king sits beside his queen. In the Lewis chess pieces, the queens all sit staring into ...

So, on the Islamic chess board the king is accompanied by his male adviser, the vizier, while the European king sits beside his queen. In the Lewis chess pieces, the queens all sit staring into ...

Most of the medieval chess pieces that comprise the Lewis hoard were found in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides off of Scotland. ... Xerxes, the god-king of Ancient Persia, ...

A medieval chess piece missing for almost 200 years has sold for £735,000 at auction. The piece, bought for £5 in 1964 by an antiques dealer and passed down through their family, has hit a new record ...

A newly discovered piece from the Lewis Chessmen trove bought for just £5 (about $6) in 1964 sold for £735,000 ($927,423) at Sotheby’s London.

The chess piece will hit the auction block during the “Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art” sale on July 2. The low estimate is £600,000 ($758,000). It marks the first time a Lewis Chessman ...

So, on the Islamic chess board the king is accompanied by his male adviser, the vizier, while the European king sits beside his queen. In the Lewis chess pieces, the queens all sit staring into ...