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 ...

It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

Perrysburg, OH –Next Wave Automation continues to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of its “CNC Shark” by using it to build a unique chess set. The company is offering free instructions and VCarve files ...

SAN DIEGO — A palm-sized sandstone object found in 1991 at an Early Islamic trading outpost in what’s now southern Jordan appears to be the oldest known chess piece. This roughly 1,300-year-old ...

The chessman is believed to be a rook, which in the game is permitted to move horizontally and vertically for as many spaces as possible and can 'castle' with a king. Chess is thought to have ...

Chess uses six types of pieces: 'Pawn', 'Knight', 'Rook', 'Bishop', 'Queen' and 'King'. The names of pieces in Japan follow the names in English, but in fact, the names of pieces are called by words ...