At 20 feet tall, the wood king piece outside the World Chess Hall of Fame is officially the world’s largest, certified by Guinness World Records in 2018. The bigger one St. Louis boasts world ...

Aug. 16 (UPI) --Members of the World Chess Hall of Fame in Missouri built the largest chess piece in the world: a king standing at 20 feet tall. Guinness World Records said the massive wooden ...

The chess piece is made from more than 768 pieces of French wood and took more than 700 hours to build, the club said. The French Chess Federation shared photos of the chess piece being assembled ...