Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: With every shaving and small incision, master artisans turn these trunks of wood into 32 hand-carved chess pieces. You can pick up a plastic set ...

A small, rectangular stone (right), previously excavated at the Jordanian site of Humayma (shown at left), may be the oldest known chess piece, a rook dating to around 1,300 years ago.

Watch as fine materials are carefully shaped, carved, ... The Art of Shaping Strategy: A Look at Japanese Chess Pieces. Posted: February 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025.

A small, rectangular stone (right), previously excavated at the Jordanian site of Humayma (shown at left), may be the oldest known chess piece, a rook dating to around 1,300 years ago.

The 1,000-year-old chess piece stands just over an inch and a half tall. ... At the time the knight was carved, the game of chess was still relatively new to Europe.

Queensland Police are appealing for public assistance in finding a 17th-century, hand-carved ivory chess set stolen from a house in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. Skip to main content ABC News Homepage ...

D Gukesh won chess world title with pieces carved in Amritsar Chess set that D Gukesh so lovingly rearranged after becoming the World Champion was manufactured by Chopra Chess.

Elaborately carved chess sets are almost as old as the game itself (witness the famous Lewis chessmen at the British Museum). But Ian Flood and Chris Prosser seem to have hit on a simple formula ...

The most famous chess pieces in the world were carved from walrus ivory during the Middle Ages, but much of their history is still unknown. The Lewis Chessmen are the most important chess pieces ...

Rook from b4: 'World's oldest chess piece' carved from sandstone 1,300 years ago is found at a settlement in southern Jordan along the trade route from India across the Middle East.

Yangon (AFP) - Gripping a monkey-faced chess piece, Thein Zaw swipes his hand across the chequerboard and topples an advancing demon, demonstrating an ancient form of the game that Myanmar ...