Don't miss out on the headlines from Home & Garden Collections. Followed categories will be added to My News. 1. Begin by preparing the chess pieces for painting. We’ve recycled an old chess set, but ...

I love the game of chess, and that stems back to my childhood. When I was growing up in Australia in the '60s and '70s, we didn't have the internet or modern technology kids have now, so we often ...

The game of chess has been around for centuries, and while the rules have remained largely unchanged, the game’s appearance ...

In November of 2020, I sent a direct message on Twitter to a British man named Phil Makepeace. “Hi!” I wrote. “I need a chess coach! Are you the person to talk to?” I knew that Phil was a professional ...

I grew up in a chess-playing household. My father put his woodworking skills to good use and built a chess table for us to play on, we purchased multiple collectors' sets online, and we even equipped ...

When Tiffany & Co. set out to make a chess set, it did so via an unlikely muse—cardboard. “We were playing around with [it], the way it’s corrugated,” says chief artistic officer Reed Krakoff. Toying ...

We independently review everything we recommend. We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more› By James Austin James Austin is a writer covering games and hobbies, which means he is in a ...

LEGO patented its signature "binding brick" in 1958. But it wasn't until nearly 50 years later, in 2005, that LEGO released its first official chess build. I learned this fact while researching this ...

1. Begin by preparing the chess pieces for painting. We’ve recycled an old chess set, but make sure you have a full set before you start. You should have eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, two ...