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 $20, but a wooden set certified for ...

Things have changed since then for the better. Wooden chess sets are usually more expensive than the hard plastic ones. The four knights of a wooden chess set can cost as much as half of the entire ...

Archaeologists Discover a 1300-Yr-Old Sandstone Rook Piece, Say It May Be the 'Oldest' Chess Piece Ever Found A 1,300-year-old sandstone rook, the oldest chess piece ever found, was announced by ...