The rook in question certainly wasn't the first chess piece ever created, but it may be the oldest found to date. John Peter Oleson Almost 30 years after its discovery, a small sandstone figurine ...

A medieval chess piece from the famed Lewis Chessman trove, the most revered collection of chess pieces in the world, first discovered on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides in 1831, is ...

This discovery adds a significant layer to the museum's collection that already includes items like wooden miniature chess pieces and bread-made figures. A set of handmade chess pieces hidden beneath ...

The Chess Scorebook Figurine Notations for Young Players is the first chess notebook allowing players to simply circle their moves, rather than having to write algebraic notations. Each flip-top book ...