"In the Middle Ages, chess was one of the seven skills ... got lost or were deliberately hidden during the medieval period. The knight piece measures around four centimeters (1.6 inches) in ...

Fascinating Insights Into The World Of Medieval Gaming In addition to the remarkably well-preserved chess piece, researchers found four flower-shaped tokens and a six-sided die. Like the knight ...

At this factory in Amritsar, India, artisans carve the pieces for the official World Chess Championship ... chessmen, the knight isn't an abstract representation of a medieval figure.