The Chess.com official X account posted a photo of the bishop piece and captioned the post, “Accepting new name ideas for this piece.” What seemed an innocent joke poll immediately took on an ...

The chess pieces - a Queen and Bishop - date from around 1850, and were found hidden in a wooden beam in an old barn in a village near Burgh Le Marsh.

Archeologists have discovered a chess piece that dates back to the 5th century AD. They think it could be Europe's oldest. The small piece was discovered amongst the rubble and pans in the ...