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“Arena’s concrete chess set can start one heavy battle of wits and courage” They say a chess game improves a person’s cognitive skills, but if the chess set is heavy, will you be more intelligent? Maybe you will in terms of knowledge about ancient Rome. This particular chess set is a new interpretation of the…
“#A minimal wooden chess board inspired by the Yoruba game Ayo merges two games in one” African designer Philion has designed a chess board that’s inspired by the rules of chess and takes on the layout of the Yoruba game, Ayo. Chessboards have seen some pretty creative designs in recent years. The pandemic and Netflix’s…
“#Marble meets stainless steel in this chessboard for a minimalist and artful take on the timeless chess game!” Tarek Elkassouf’s chess set is comprised of a Carrara marble board and sixteen brushed stainless steel pieces capped with gunmetal reflective tops. Some of the most artistic designs are born out of the timeless and elusive charm…
“#The Skyline Chess Set lets you play a game of chess with your favorite city’s iconic buildings!” Imagine the Harry Potter chess set… but with Muggle Architecture. With 6 cities to choose from, scattered across North America, Europe, and Asia, the Skyline Chess set makes the game of chess a tad bit grander and classier…
“#Chess legend sues Netflix for $5M over ‘Queen’s Gambit’” Soviet-era chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili has sued Netflix over “The Queen’s Gambit” series, alleging defamation and saying that a line in the hit show’s finale was “grossly sexist and belittling.” “The only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex, and even that’s not unique in…
“#NJ child phenom goes for youngest chess grandmaster at age 12” Chess wunderkind Abhimanyu Mishra has serious moves. And he’s only 12. The Englishtown, NJ, tween has one goal he’s hoping to tick off before Sept. 5: Take the world record for youngest chess grandmaster, set by Russian Sergey Karjakin in 1990, at the age…
“#children learn chess to seek escape from Nigeria’s slums” A dozen children crowd around plastic tables in the Majidun neighborhood of Lagos. Intently focused on plastic mats printed with chess boards, the children thoughtfully move pieces on the board as supervisors observe their moves. The waterside shanty town is just across the lagoon from the…
“#Luxe board games are selling out after spike in popularity” This winter, prepare to be board. COVID-19 has shut down restaurants, clubs and concerts and replaced them with Netflix binges and bread-baking sessions. Now, fun-starved shut-ins are turning to old-fashioned board games to pass the time inside. Toy manufacturing giant Hasbro reported that third-quarter sales…
“#10-year-old chess prodigy can help you beat ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Beth Harmon” Ten-year-old brainiac Oliver Boydell recently called “checkmate” on one of his favorite rivals, chess prodigy Beth Harmon of “The Queen’s Gambit.” “I am technically undefeated against her,” said the Manhattan fifth-grader, who narrowly beat the fictional anti-heroine on his iPad. The victory ended a…
“#Alexandra Botez is taking the chess world by storm—live on Twitch” Good chess players are master strategists and problem solvers. Alexandra Botez has one more unlikely skill in her arsenal: insults. “My dad is a huge troll,” the chess influencer, 25, told The Post of her father and former coach, Andrei. “He would always trash-talk me…