EditorialStella Schwartz, a high-school sophomore, takes on her brother, Hugh, a high-school senior who began playing on Chess.com earlier this year, at their home in San Francisco, April 22, 2023. (Anastasiia Sapon/The New York Times)
EditorialChess pieces: 32 red and white ivory pieces without board., Complete number of pieces of a chess game. Sixteen cut ivory pieces that have been made red with a dyestuff: these are so-called 'pagan' pieces. The king has a devilish face. The sixteen white...
EditorialNazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set, Complete chess set with matching chest. The chessboard is made of wood and earthenware with 2 x 16 white and brown chess pieces made of earthenware. The chess pieces have a military form: the...
EditorialMother and daughter migrants take in the view as the boat pulls away from ferry terminal on Martha’s Vineyard, in Vineyard Haven, Mass. on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Matt Cosby/The New York Times)
EditorialNazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set, Complete chess set with matching chest. The chessboard is made of wood and earthenware with 2 x 16 white and brown chess pieces made of earthenware. The chess pieces have a military form: the...
EditorialChessmen (32), early 19th century, British, Bone, kings, confirmed: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) pawns, with slight variation in hts, confirmed: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm). Only the tallest and shortest examples of chessmen measured for basic record., Chess Sets.
EditorialJihad Abu al-Asal, the Palestinian Authority’s governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley, at his office in Jericho, June 17, 2020. (Dan Balilty/The New York Times)
EditorialChess pieces: 32 red and white ivory pieces without board., Complete number of pieces of a chess game. Sixteen cut ivory pieces that have been made red with a dyestuff: these are so-called 'pagan' pieces. The king has a devilish face. The sixteen white...
EditorialNazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set, Complete chess set with matching chest. The chessboard is made of wood and earthenware with 2 x 16 white and brown chess pieces made of earthenware. The chess pieces have a military form: the...
EditorialNazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set Nazi chess set, Complete chess set with matching chest. The chessboard is made of wood and earthenware with 2 x 16 white and brown chess pieces made of earthenware. The chess pieces have a military form: the...
EditorialChessmen (32), early 19th century, British, Bone, kings, confirmed: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) pawns, with slight variation in hts, confirmed: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm). Only the tallest and shortest examples of chessmen measured for basic record., Chess Sets.
EditorialChessmen (32), early 19th century, Chinese, Opaline and moss agate, white king, confirmed: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm); white pawns of irregular heights, confirmed: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); green king, confirmed: 5 in. (12.7 cm); green pawns of irregular heights, ...