Daily Mail, March 11th, 2005
QUESTION I've acquired an Isle of Lewis chess set which has, instead of the usual rooks or castles, pieces I'm told are called 'berserks'. Should these be treated as castles and move as such? IN spring 1831, the sea eroded a sandbank off Uig Bay on the Hebridean Island of Lewis, off the Scottish west coast, uncovering a small chamber of dry-built stone. The chamber revealed 78 beautifully carved chess pieces: eight kings, eight queens, 16 bishops, 15 knights, 12 rooks and 19 pawns carved in morse ivory (walrus tusk) - thought to belong to eight or more chess sets. The ivory has been traced ...
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