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H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Oct 26, 2023 07:43 AM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 05:17 AM:

Your overview doesn't mention the 'Magnetic' and 'xboard' sets.

Note that Motif is available as SVG ( http://chessvariants.com/graphics.dir/svg/motif/ ), and Magnetic and xboard as well. It appears you have copied the Motif pieces that are not anti-aliased, and it should be possible to get much better images. Especially since it appears you are using converted images collected in your own directory, it seems advisable to convert the SVG rather than the deprecated GIF images.

Sets other than Alfaerie usually have separate images for the black pieces, rather than using the white ('outline') pieces with another fill color. Is there any reason that you don't use these? (Apart from the Utrecht black Bishop...)

I don't think it is a good idea to mention the Alfaerie Champion icon as a possible representation of RN. If you are going to show every icon corresponding to a name that was given to a piece moving in a particular way, things would completely get out of hand. Nowadays the name Champion is strongly associated with the Omega Chess WAD, and using it for RN would only cause confusion. Similarly, I would not use the Alferie Princess icon for a BN. Note that Utrecht has a (rather awkward) KnightBishop icon that on this website is often used for the BN. Is there really anyone that uses the Utrecht Angel icon for a QN? Utrecht does have a good icon for RN, which you omitted.

 


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