Chess pieces don’t have to be ordinary. In this video, we forge a unique tortoise piece, step by step, using classic blacksmithing methods.

Everybody loves a good story, and design buffs are no exception. On June 6, the Phillips Design sale in New York will bring a diverse array of items to the auction block. Though pieces vary from ...

To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...

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 ...

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 ...