From ancient Persian craftsmen to Yoko Ono, artists have reinterpreted the game over the ages. An all-white chessboard as part of the "Sky Is Always Clear" exhibition by artist Yoko Ono at the Moscow ...

Christofle and its subsidiaries have used a variety of hallmarks, from a rooster to a cat’s head, since the Parisian firm was founded in 1830. It employs the knight, one of the most powerful pieces on ...

It is not easy to make small talk about chess. When people hear that I played the game professionally for several years they often ask what kinds of chess sets I like—ornate, sculpted, antique? The ...

Marcel Duchamp redefined the word “art” with his Readymades. Now, nearly 100 years later, artists Bryan Cera and Scott Kildall have made it possible to reproduce one of the conceptual artist’s ...

Elizabeth Gann, a dealer in chess sets and boards, has no storefront and rarely allows clients into her home, near Boston, where she displays about 20 sets. Her policy reflects canny thinking, the ...

I love the game of chess, and that stems back to my childhood. When I was growing up in Australia in the '60s and '70s, we didn't have the internet or modern technology kids have now, so we often ...

Related: The Mystery of the Little Norwegian Chessmen. The Magnificent King: 12 th Century, Norway "Each one of these is really a magnificent gem of Romanesque sculpture," Boehm says, pointing out the ...

Chess has long been played and regarded as a game of strategy, meant for those with sharp minds and strategic thinking. Given its popularity, many Malaysian households have a chess set of their own, ...

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