A team of archaeologists were recently exploring the ruins of a long-forgotten castle in southern Germany when they stumbled ...

Between them, these much-loved pieces take us into the heart of the medieval world. "I was trying to define what chess is, and I asked Tony Miles, grandmaster. He said, 'It's not an art ...

At this factory in Amritsar, India, artisans carve the pieces for the official World Chess Championship sets ... isn't an abstract representation of a medieval figure. It's designed to look ...