The first set was a gesture of love. Bernice Meisels and Floyd Sarisohn met as college students in New York City in the early 1950s. He used to play chess with strangers in Washington Square Park.

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The new exhibit at the Menil Collection will blow your socks off. You don't play? No matter. The exhibit will blow your socks off, anyway. Chess is said to be the game of kings, thinkers and bright ...

Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess set, he sees ...