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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Chess Club

This is the 2nd oldest chess club in the United States, hosting many tournaments and lessons.

At India's oldest and largest chess manufacturing company, master craftsman Surinder Pal holds the exclusive title of knight carver. Known as the most tedious chess piece to work on, they must be done entirely by hand. Today, knight carvers are well respected and increasingly hard to come by.

Masters of the Knight: The Art of Chess Carving in India

In Amritsar, artisans have hand-carved the most complicated pieces in the game for generations.

Roxanne Hoorn January 23, 2025

<em>The Vizier's Gambit</em> just doesn't have the same ring to it.

How Did the Chess Pieces Get Their Names?

One player’s pawn is another’s farmer. And at one time, the queen was the virgin, and rather powerless.

Frank Jacobs April 21, 2023

Entrance of the cave.

Priaranza del Bierzo, Spain

Saint Genadio Cave

The cave where Saint Genadio meditated and played chess.

Monument to Paul Keres

Monument to Paul Keres

Visitors can sit and study the board with this Estonian chess legend and International Grandmaster.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Schaakstukkenmuseum (The Chessmen Museum)

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

Some of the Lewis Chessmen.

London, England

The Lewis Chessmen

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The bishop in prayer.

Found: Chess Pieces Hidden in a Barn to Ward Off Evil Spirits

Not all fun and games.

Evan Nicole Brown January 17, 2019

Lobby of the spa with one of its bathtubs on display.

Karlovy Vary, Czechia

Kaiserbad Spa

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

The grave of Bobby Fischer.

Grave of Bobby Fischer

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

Archaeologists discovered a medieval chess piece in Norway's oldest city.

Found: An 800-Year-Old Chess Piece

A medieval knight from Norway with Islamic-inspired patterns.

Vittoria Traverso January 29, 2018

An illustration of Che Guevara.

In Cuba, You Can't Spell 'Chess' Without 'Che'

He died 50 years ago today, but the revolutionary's zeal for the game of kings lives on in Havana.

Vittoria Traverso October 9, 2017

The problem may not be intrinsically challenging by nature, but increasing the size of the board pushes it from complex to nigh impossible.

Can You Solve the Million-Dollar, Unsolvable Chess Problem?

The queen of all puzzles.

Natasha Frost September 1, 2017

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

International Intellectual and Puzzle Museum

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

Why Chess Fans Hate the Movies

From backwards boards to king-flipping, Hollywood just cannot get chess right.

Cara Giaimo March 17, 2017

A John Company—the informal name for the East India Company—chess set, made in India c. 1830.

The World's Most Beautiful and Unusual Chess Sets

Pieces so pretty you won’t mind losing.

Anika Burgess January 12, 2017

Open air chess board in Elista

Chess City

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

Spock plays Tridimensional Chess in the <em>Star Trek: TOS</em> episode, "Court Martial"

Space Chess Is Here, But No One Is Playing

The three-dimensional version of the game was around long before Star Trek.

Eric Grundhauser January 10, 2017