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, ...

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 ...

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.