Last week we published a history of the Staunton chess ... of art and craft. The pieces are stripped of any symbolic meaning and reduced to pure form. Their designations –bishop, knight, king ...

10.75 x 3.25 x 3.25 in. (27.3 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm.) ...

Tim Myers has had a passion for chess since he was in school. A retired mechanic, he has built massive chess pieces out of scrap steel that can weigh 800 pounds, approach 12 feet in height ...

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 ...