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 ...

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 ...

London, UK. 12 July 2026. Performers dressed as wildlife-inspired chess pieces stage a living chess match during ChessFest in London's Trafalgar Square. The annual free festival celebrates chess with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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This bizarre and highly controversial enclave, found in the impoverished city of Elista, Kalmykia in Russia, is devoted entirely to the game of chess. Home to public life-sized chess boards, a ...