Marked with a pair of eyes and a mane, its “elaborate design is typical of particularly high-quality chess pieces of this period,” writes the university. At the time the knight was carved ...

The most famous chess pieces in the world were carved ... these kings, queens, knights, rooks, bishops, and pawns carved from walrus tusk and sperm whale teeth have long fascinated us with their ...

This extraordinary find includes a well-preserved chess piece ... to the knight piece, archaeologists discovered four flower-shaped game pieces and a six-sided die, all carved from antlers.

Khachan loves chess, and he loves chess boards and pieces ... and instead has to be hand-carved. These are all variations on the original Staunton knight design. From left to right: a French ...

The small cache of game pieces was found in a largely unknown German castle. University of Tübingen / Victor Brigola At the time the knight was carved, the game of chess was still relatively new ...