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Icon Clearinghouse 1

What follows is a display of every icon I could find on this site for use in chess variants, plus several that I created myself by one means or another.

This listing is somewhat dynamic; while none will be deleted, more may be added at any time.

All of these are .png files, just for the sake of consistency.

Pieces

Where a piece has a "standardized," common, recommended, or original move, the XBetza notation for that move is given.

With each pair of pieces is the identifier for that pair. The actual filenames add w or b to the beginning, and .png to the end.

Orthodox Pieces

The six orthodox pieces (King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, and Pawn) have many variations. You might even find reason to use one set for the actual orthodox pieces, and select others for variant pieces.

Basic Orthodox Pieces
  King (K) Queen (Q) Bishop (B) Knight (N) Rook (R) Pawn (mfWcfFimfnD)
Alfaerie

king

queen

bishop

knight

rook

pawn

Cazaux

kingc

queenc

bishopc

knightc

rookc

pawnc

Utrecht

kingu

queenu

bishopu

knightu

rooku

pawnu

 

Atom Pieces

Common Compounds

Uncommon Compounds

Pawns

Men

Animals

Nobility

Clergy

Shogi

Numbers & Symbols

Tifinagh

Other Stuff

Notes

The pieces that are my "original" work fall into three categories: compounds (splicing two pieces, superimposing one over another, or combining them in some other way), modifications (removing and/or adding parts), and originals (created from scratch).



This 'user submitted' page is a collaboration between the posting user and the Chess Variant Pages. Registered contributors to the Chess Variant Pages have the ability to post their own works, subject to review and editing by the Chess Variant Pages Editorial Staff.


By Bob Greenwade.

Last revised by Bob Greenwade.


Web page created: 2023-10-22. Web page last updated: 2024-01-21

Revisions of MSiconclearinghouse