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

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 chessman is believed to be a rook, which in the game is permitted ... who lived in Hawara at the time the ancient chess piece would have been used in games. Chess itself is believed to ...

SAN DIEGO — A palm-sized sandstone object found in 1991 at an Early Islamic trading outpost in what’s now southern Jordan appears to be the oldest known chess piece. This roughly 1,300-year ...

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 ...