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 ...

A small object that was discovered in what's now southern Jordan seems to be the world's oldest known chess piece. The retangular piece of rock with two horn-shaped points on top looks like rooks, or ...

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 ...

One of the most enduring images of D Gukesh's bolt-from-the-blue victory against Ding Liren in the 14th and final game of the World Chess Championship was his reaction afterwards. Even as he sobbed ...