Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...
Far from being a metaphor for racial tension, chess reveals world where people could engage as equals ...
Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective ...
A new study reveals that medieval chess was a powerful vehicle for promoting racial harmony. While contemporary medieval art often depicted non-white individuals in extreme roles, representations of ...
The warder is the first of five missing pieces to materialize since the remaining chessmen’s discovery in 1831 Courtesy of Sotheby's In 1964, an antiques dealer from Edinburgh, Scotland, spent ...
Everybody needs a chess set. And if you’re going to have a chess set, it might as well be a fun chess set, like MakerBot’s Dragons of Glastonbury chess set. That way, if you get bored playing chess, ...
A medieval chess piece which has been missing for nearly 200 years is set to rake in £1 million at auction. The family in possession of the treasured piece had kept it in a draw for 50 years before ...
(CNN)-- A $6 purchase turned into a major windfall for one family following an auction in London on Tuesday. The Lewis Warder, one of the most famous chess pieces in the world, sold for $929,000 at ...
If you love history, drama and strategy the re-enactment of a medieval chess set played with real-life people and horses in Veneto, Italy, is something that has to be seen. The unique game is played ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A medieval chess piece, one of five that have been missing for nearly two centuries, was chilling ...
An ivory chess piece which was bought for just £5 and languished in a drawer for decades could net its owners £1m after they discovered it was actually one of the long-lost chessmen from a ...