I searched Britannica Online using the keyword "chess". This resulted in over 200 articles. This is still a bit much but nothing compared to the results from the search engine. The first article that popped up on the search was extremely informative. For example, I had no idea that chess first appeared in India. From their, it worked its way west to Europe spreading through Asia and the Middle East along the way.

An interesting fact I found is that the most famous chessmen created came from the Vikings and were made of walrus ivory. I am still looking for information about how each piece received their name. I have only found a small detail that the bishop was formally a piece called the elephant in an ancient version of chess called shatranj.