In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially holding its ground for an entire match ...

The only thing preventing you from saving Ada or Sherry in Resident Evil 2 is a peculiar chess piece puzzle involving a pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king.

The rook in question certainly wasn't the first chess piece ever created, but it may be the oldest found to date. John Peter Oleson Almost 30 years after its discovery, a small sandstone figurine ...

The chess piece will hit the auction block during the “Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art” sale on July 2. The low estimate is £600,000 ($758,000). It marks the first time a Lewis Chessman ...

This horned "rook" may be the world's oldest-known chess piece. (Image credit: John Peter Oleson) In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction.