A team of archaeologists were recently exploring the ruins of a long-forgotten castle in southern Germany when they stumbled ...
"In the Middle Ages, chess was one of the seven skills ... either got lost or were deliberately hidden during the medieval period. The knight piece measures around four centimeters (1.6 inches ...
At this factory in Amritsar, India, artisans carve the pieces for the official World Chess Championship ... chessmen, the knight isn't an abstract representation of a medieval figure.