They may look like worn pieces of an old cardboard chess set, but these little discs contain a prisoner of war escape kit. When prized open a white bishop from the 'Ajax Chessmen' reveals a tiny ...

Put aside your plastic chess pieces and marvel at these chess sets that could cost a lifetime’s worth of savings. Chess has long been played and regarded as a game of strategy, meant for those ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Tournament chess set provider, The House of Staunton, shares the many brainy benefits associated with chess as a hobby. Chess is a challenging ...

An eerie treasure has been uncovered underneath the floorboards at the Auschwitz concentration camp — 35 well-preserved handmade chess pieces. Renovators at Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau State ...

He used to play chess with strangers in Washington Square Park. When they became engaged, she gave him a black-and-white plastic chess set from Macy’s as a gift. "Bernice bought me the one set ...

In response to the groundswell of interest, admiration and inquiries about Mark Changizi‘s daughter’s reinvention of chess, here are the full set of rules of Plastic Animal Chess: ruleslist ul ...