But unlike these other chessmen, the knight isn't an abstract representation of a medieval figure ... into 32 hand-carved chess pieces. You can pick up a plastic set for $20, but a wooden set ...

The new owner of the piece has not been named. Sotheby's said the price set a new record for a medieval chess piece at auction. The Edinburgh antiques dealer had no idea of the significance of the ...

A 12th Century chess piece was found during excavations for a shopping centre in the late 1980s A 12th Century chess piece found in St Albans is among more than 100 games artefacts going on ...

In medieval society, these are the peasants ... and has him inheriting his father's set of ivory chess pieces: "To you he left his position, yours his breastplate ... each treasure ...