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. The antique was stolen from a property ...

The company's craftsmen are constantly exploring new techniques and materials to create even more beautiful and functional chess sets WHITCHURCH, SHROPSHIRE, UNITED ...

The horses in higher-end wooden sets must be hand-carved, a long, specialized process to make sure all four are exactly the same. By Sophia June If you bought a wooden chess set after watching “The ...

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 for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Overseas investment banker Luay Allawi, 51, has been collecting chess sets since 1981. His hoard of more than ...

It spread from India into ancient Persia in the 6th Century, but did not arrive in Britain until the 12th Century, when it was brought back by Christian knights returning from the First Crusade in ...

Chess is the oldest game of skill in the world - and one of the most collectable. It spread from India into ancient Persia in the 6th Century, but did not arrive in Britain until the 12th Century, ...

Q. My great-uncle brought this ivory chess set back with him from China. The set is complete, but some of the pawns’ swords are missing. –Jane S. Blewitt, Elida, Ohio A. References to chess can be ...