World’s Largest Chess Piece – St Louis, MO

The World’s Largest Chess Piece is located at the World Chess Hall of Fame

4652 Maryland Avenue, St Louis, MO

 World's Largest Chess Piece

While neither of us play chess, we still think it is an amazing sculpture! It is larger than I expected it to be (keep in mind, this is among the first of the “World’s Largest” we have seen, so it seemed HUGE to us!)

Interesting facts 

It was certified as the World’s Largest  by Guinness World Records on April 6, 2018

Measures 20 feet tall (6.096 m) and 9 feet, 2 inches (2.79 m) in diameter at the base

Weighs 10,860 pounds (4,926 kg)

It is 53 times larger than its model

 

 

 

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