A 12th-century fritware chess set from Nishapur, Iran. Missing just one black pawn, it is one of the oldest nearly complete chess sets ever discovered.1yr ⋅ rakesh_85 ⋅ r/chess
Yesterday, Praggnanandhaa became just the third Indian player to ever defeat Magnus Carlsen in a chess game of any format.2yr ⋅ rakesh_85 ⋅ r/chess
[Puzzle] How can the queen capture all 11 pawns in exactly 11 moves? The pawns do not move or protect each other. [From Maurice Ashley's Twitter]1yr ⋅ rakesh_85 ⋅ r/chess
Bozorgmehr Masters the Hindu Game of Chess - A medieval painting from the Persian epic Shahnama, depicting the introduction of Indian chess to Persia1yr ⋅ rakesh_85 ⋅ r/chess
[Infographic] Young and restless: Some junior Indian chess players with potentially bright futures2yr ⋅ rakesh_85 ⋅ r/chess
