Icon Clearinghouse 5
In Part One, we took a look at some of the most common pieces in variant chess. Part Two covered the theme of icons named for animals; Part Three covered military, clergy, and similar things; and Part Four examined the many variants on the six orthodox pieces.
Here's most everything else.
As with the rest of the Icon Clearinghouse, set the graphics directory to /membergraphics/MSiconclearinghouse/ if you want to use these.
Pieces
Most of the pieces here are not without a fitting category; it's just that their categories are so small that several can fit on one page.
Forward & Back
Several pieces move forward like one sort of orthodox piece or common variant piece, and backwards like another.
| B\F | Queen | Bishop | Knight | Rook | King/Prince |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | See Part 1 | None found |
fknightbqueen |
None found | None found |
| Bishop | None found | See Part 1 |
fknightbbishop |
frookbbishop |
TBA |
| Knight |
fqueenbknight |
fbishopbnight |
See Part 1 |
frookbknight |
fkingbknight
forwardprincebackwardsknight |
| Rook | None found |
fbishopbrook |
fknightbrook |
See Part 1 |
forwardprincebackwardsrook |
| King/Prince | None found |
fbishopbking |
|
frookbking
forwardrookbackwardsprince |
See Part 1 |
The names and specific moves of these pieces can vary from one game to another, particularly whether and how the piece moves sideways orthogonally.
That said, the most common pieces from this chart are on the King/Prince row: the Charging Bishop (fKbhK), Charging Knight (ffKbhK), and Charging Rook (fRbhK).
Shogi
These icons, while not specifically resembling shogi pieces, are designed for use with shogi and shogi-esque games.
| Blind Monkey (FsW) |
Blind Tiger (FsbW) |
Chinese Cock (fFsbW) |
Coiled Serpent (vWbF) |
Copper General (vWfF) |
|
blindmonkey |
blindtiger |
|
coiledserpent |
coppergeneral |
| Drunk Elephant (FfsW) |
Evil Wolf (fFfsW) |
Ferocious Leopard (FvW) |
Gold General (WfF) |
Iron General (fhK) |
|
drunkelephant |
evilwolf |
ferociousleopard |
goldgeneral |
irongeneral |
| Old Monkey (FbW) |
Reclining Dragon (WbF) |
Silver General (FfW) |
Stone General (fF) |
Tile General (fFbW) |
|
oldmonkey |
recliningdragon |
silvergeneral |
stonegeneral |
tilegeneral |
General Symbols
Sometimes a simple digit or other symbol is all that's needed.
Tifinagh
Mostly on a whim, I designed several pieces based on letters of the Tifinagh (the Berber alphabet). There are several variants on that alphabet, and I didn't stick to just one; and I accept that few people will be interested in using them. Still, a few might find it interesting, at least theoretically (even though a few of these have moves already represented by existing pieces).
| Yaa (fRsWlyalWryarW) |
Yab (NDsW) |
Yab fricative (NDW) |
Yadj (B3) |
Yaf (sWsasWsasafWsasafyazW) |
Yagh (1) |
|
yaa |
yab |
yabf |
yadj |
yaf |
yagh |
| Yagh (2) (ApabK)* |
Yagh (3) (vDpabK)* |
Yagn (vR[vW-fW-sR]) |
Yah (1) (vWvH) |
Yah (2) (NDvW) |
Yaj (1) ([vW?F?qfR]) |
|
yagh2 |
yagh3 |
yagn |
yah |
yahh |
yaj |
| Yaj (2) ([F-bR]) |
Yal |
Yan (vR) |
Yar (ND) |
Yas (KZCH) |
Yat (vRsW) |
|
yajj |
yal |
yan |
yar |
yas |
yat |
| Yat fricative (B) |
Yax (1) (A) |
Yax (2) (BfR) |
Yaz (move TBD)** |
Yey |
Yu (vDvmpafcaKvmpafcabW) |
|
yatf |
yax |
yaxx |
yaz |
yey |
yu |
*The pabK on the two alternate versions of Yagh are "zero moves," in games where that's allowed.
**I'm still trying to figure out the XBetza for this piece's move.
Other Stuff
These are icons that don't fit neatly into any of the other categories.
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: 2023-12-17. Web page last updated: 2023-12-17