Danny Rensch gets sweaty when he plays chess. He gets especially sweaty when he plays a version of the game that has chess’s best and brightest dashing around a giant board, doing push-ups on ...

Two players calling the moves while the human chess pieces carry them out on the giant board during the ‘Checkmate SMA’ event in Subang Jaya. — Photos: LOW LAY PHON/The Star A BATTLE unfolded on a ...

A giant chess set was unveiled today in central London sparking interest from would-be grand masters and tourists. The 32-piece set, featuring two-metre high ceramic pieces on a glass chess board, was ...

Heat of more than 100 degrees earlier this week did not keep people from standing in the sun and moving giant chess pieces around on the black-and-white checkerboard painted on the concrete in front ...

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In 1924, the main landmark of Leningrad turned into a huge chess board and gathered thousands of locals to observe the legendary performance. In Russia, chess has always been a very popular game ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – They say life is like a game of chess, and that might be particularly true for those who stroll through downtown Grand Rapids from now on. A giant chess set was rolled out Thursday ...

The small Great Southern town of Kendenup — population 1,000 — is honouring its school chess champions by turning old street trees into chess pieces. Students from the Kendenup Primary School have ...