There are less than 10 people who are trusted to carve the knights for the official World Chess Championship sets. So, how are these chessmen made? And why are they so expensive? At this factory ...

knights on their mounts, standing warders and pawns in the shape of obelisks. 11 of the chessmen are at the National Museums Scotland and the remaining 82 reside at the British Museum. They were ...

Elite guards, knights on horseback ... the berserkers take us to the terrifying world of Norse warfare. The Lewis Chessmen were discovered in what is now modern Scotland, and recently some ...

In his office high above the Malibu surf, the physicist swivels in his chair and reaches into a drawer to extract what looks like a wooden box for chessmen. No knights and rooks come spilling out, ...

knights on their mounts, standing warders and pawns in the shape of obelisks. 11 of the chessmen are at the National Museums Scotland and the remaining 82 reside at the British Museum. They were ...