The Lewis chessmen (Scottish Gaelic: Fir-thàilisg Leòdhais [fiɾʲˈhaːlɪʃkʲ loː.ɪʃ]) or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were...

The Chessmen were an American garage rock band from Denton, Texas, near Dallas, who were active in the 1960s. They were one of the most popular bands in...

The Charlemagne chessmen are a group of 11th century chess pieces made from ivory, now in the Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris,...

The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in...

The game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard consist of ninety-three game pieces of the Lewis chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides...

similar in many respects to the Staunton chessmen, including a change from arched crown to coronet for the queen. This shows that the Staunton design may have...

the eventual terminology shift. A 12th century warder (modern rook) made of whale ivory of Scandinavian origin, similar to the famous Lewis chessmen....

by relics of San Genadio (hence the name), they are probably the oldest European chess pieces. The Charlemagne chessmen, an 11th-century set probably manufactured...

conference at the National Museum of Scotland on the Lewis Chessmen, Gudmundur Thorarinsson (a civil engineer and a former member of the Icelandic Parliament)...

change happened: From the exclamation "check" or "checkmate" as it was pronounced in various languages. From the first chessmen known of in Western Europe...

seem like chessmen being moved around on the director's board, composed into picturesque tableaux". Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote that "[the film is]...

In the early 60s, when Jacks was a teenager, the family relocated to Vancouver. Jacks took up guitar and at 18 formed a band called The Chessmen with...

The same device appears in several sequels: The Gods of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars; Swords of Mars; and Llana of Gathol.[citation needed] All the Barsoom...

The Dubrovnik chess set is a style of chess pieces influenced by the Staunton chess set. These chessmen are considered to have significant historical...

Distillery started operations in part of the former Old Crow Distillery. National Distillers brought out the Old Crow Chessmen ceramic decanters in 1969 as an...

Margret the Adroit may have made the 12th-century Lewis chessmen. In 2010 at a conference at the National Museum of Scotland on the Lewis chessmen, Gudmundur...

towards it, chessmen are alive, nursery rhyme characters exist, and so on). Through the Looking-Glass includes such verses as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus...

They Wouldn't Be Chessmen is a 1935 British detective novel by A.E.W. Mason. It is the fourth full-length novel in Mason's Inspector Hanaud series. Nahendra...

The rook (/rʊk/; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture...

as to the origin of the English use of the term "bishop".[citation needed] The canonical chessmen date back to the Staunton chess set of 1849. The piece's...

including the Chessmen who had proven a match for Iron Man's previous armor. Stane dons the Iron Monger armor and confronts Iron Man personally. The Iron Monger...

superhero Thor, which they based on the Norse god of the same name. The character is featured in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor and its sequels. The character...

Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Ballantine 1963, 1969 (new painting) The Chessmen of Mars, Ballantine 1963 The Master Mind of Mars, Ballantine 1963 A Fighting Man of...

Princess of Mars (1912) The Gods of Mars (1913) The Warlord of Mars (1914) Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1916) The Chessmen of Mars (1922) The Master Mind of Mars...

1959), professional wrestler known as The Berzerker Berserk (disambiguation) Zerker (disambiguation) Lewis chessmen, four of which are shown as wild-eyed...

The Durkin Opening (also known as the Durkin Attack or the Sodium Attack) is a rarely played chess opening that consists of the following move: 1. Na3...

Lewis and Harris, the largest island in Scotland Lewis Bridge (disambiguation) Lewis chessmen, medieval chess pieces discovered on the Isle of Lewis Lewis...

The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's...

ISBN 978-0-8166-4164-2. OCLC 217447754. Wilkinson, Charles K. (May 1943). "Chessmen and Chess". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. New Series 1 (9): 271–79....

The Fried Liver Attack, also called the Fegatello Attack (named after an Italian dish), is a chess opening. This opening is a variation of the Two Knights...