PEORIA, Ill., June 6 (UPI) -- A Morton, Ill., man, after 14 years of collecting, boasts an impressive array of chess sets from all around the world. The Peoria Journal-Star reports that 53-year old ...

After a pandemic and film delays, Illuminations' next Minions project is almost here. Minions: The Rise of Gru is finally set to hit theaters July 1, 2022, giving viewers a prequel film to Despicable ...

See examples from the World Chess Hall of Fame collection's unusual chess sets. A Silver and Copper Enamel Chess Set and Board from Hungary is part of the World Chess Hall of Fame collection of chess ...

Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess set, he sees ...

Well, it’s official – playing chess is cool again. Ever since the hit Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit aired in late October, countless fans have rediscovered just how awesome the intellectual ...

The first set was a gesture of love. Bernice Meisels and Floyd Sarisohn met as college students in New York City in the early 1950s. He used to play chess with strangers in Washington Square Park.

CHESS MASTERPIECES: ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY CHESS SETS By George Dean with Maxine Brady Abrams, $65 272 pages Chess has tens if not hundreds of millions of adherents around the globe. A ...

The new exhibit at the Menil Collection will blow your socks off. You don't play? No matter. The exhibit will blow your socks off, anyway. Chess is said to be the game of kings, thinkers and bright ...

From ancient Persian craftsmen to Yoko Ono, artists have reinterpreted the game over the ages. An all-white chessboard as part of the "Sky Is Always Clear" exhibition by artist Yoko Ono at the Moscow ...