Each chess piece bestows some moral attributes to the game and portrays a visual display of the Church's majesty on a game board. The Queen, Mary, is chaste, docile and attentive to her son.

The ubiquity of chess makes it easy to pick up a first set. You can find bargain basement sets with chintzy plastic pieces and brittle cardboard boards at just about any department or drug store.

The Chess Store French Lardy Staunton Chess Set Ebonized & Acacia Pieces with Deluxe Tiger Ebony Chess Board - 3.75" King. $259 at thechessstore.com.

This set includes 32 wooden chess pieces, a wooden play board, and a drawstring fabric bag for easy storage. Get the Vilac My First Chess set at the MoMA Store for $32. 4.

Phantom chess boards have been a thing for over forty years. I’m pleasantly surprised by this implantation. It’s well though out and gives a new spin on some of the old ideas.

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A chess tournament for blind and visually impaired people that has been running for three decades has attracted players from ...