Did you know that St Louis is playing a giant chess match with the rest of the world?
On May 7, 2012, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis earned a Guninness World Record by creating the World's Largest Chess Piece. It stood 14 feet 6 inches tall and was 6 feet wide at the base.
Then, in April of 2014, a plucky challenger attacked our position. A team of students and teachers at Gitok school in Kalmthout, Belgium, created a chess piece 16 feet, 7 inches tall - a move that snatched the record from our grasp.
Not to be outdone, the World Chess Hall of Fame began planning their counterplay. On April 12, 2018, for the opening of the 2018 U.S. Chess Championships, they unveiled a new World Record piece. It stands 20 feet tall, with a base of 9 feet 2 inches in diameter.
The rest of the world is hereby on notice that St Louis will not resign this match without a fight!
Logging Requirements:
There are 3 easy steps:
- Visit the published coordinates.
- Take a photo of the Worlds Largest Chess Piece including you, OR your GPSr, OR a sign with your caching name written on it.
- Attach the photo to your log.
Multiple cachers logging together must EACH attach a photo to EACH log. Logs without a photo attached within one week will be deleted at any time thereafter without prior notification.
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.