In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially holding its ground for an entire match — or ...

The rook in question certainly wasn't the first chess piece ever created, but it may be the oldest found to date. John Peter Oleson Almost 30 years after its discovery, a small sandstone figurine ...

Chess spread quickly through feudal Europe, far from its roots in sixth-century India. Here’s how the game of strategy kept the elite entertained.

This past fall, the world championship match in Bonn, Germany, wasn’t the only thing stirring up chess enthusiasts. ChessBase 10, a beefier new version of the massive database program that is the ...

Custom, 3D printed chess sets are rather popular but many simply replace the pieces with a themed version (here’s one for Pokémon) or create an interesting board. This 3D printed chess set, however, ...

In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially holding its ground for an entire match — or ...