ChessNut/frontend/public/assets/chess-pieces/README.md
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## About
Pieces and boards for standard chess and other chess variants. (Except for Shogi pieces, those are in a their own repository: [https://github.com/Ka-hu/shogi-pieces](https://github.com/Ka-hu/shogi-pieces)).
Click on the screenshots to see them in high resolution.
Jump to: [Chess](#chess) | [Janggi](#janggi-korean-chess) | [Xiangqi](#xiangqi-chinese-chess) | [Sittuyin](#sittuyin-burmese-chess)
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### Chess
| Screenshot | Description |
|---|---|
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/e7nzYmE.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px"> | **1 Kbyte Gambit piece set**<br> Inspired by **VOLEwtf**'s [The Kilobyte's Gambit](https://vole.wtf/kilobytes-gambit/). This is a vector remake of those pieces. The original pixel graphics were created by [Pinot W. Ichwandardi](https://twitter.com/pinot), see [this twitter thread](https://twitter.com/pinot/status/1330544777847332879). <br>- [Screenshots](https://imgur.com/a/K4GB7uY) - [Install as user style for Lichess](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/423120-lichess-1-kbyte-gambit-piece-set-board)|
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/7ITvYaU.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px"> | **Kaneo piece set**<br> Inspired by the [Neo pieces](https://i.imgur.com/d3RhW7o.png) of chess.com. <br>It includes fairy pieces: Hawk, Elephant, Cannon, Archbishop, Chancellor. [Screenshots](https://imgur.com/a/XeJdVy5)<br> This piece set is available on pychess.org |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/5WvQ0wL.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px;"> | **Kaneo Midnight piece set**<br> Alternative version of the Kaneo piece set, with midnight blue and moon yellow pieces. (No fairy pieces yet.) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/qNEcow3.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px;"> | **Maestro BW piece set**<br> A black & white version of the [Maestro piece set](https://github.com/ornicar/lila/tree/master/public/piece/maestro) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/vo5Gsbf.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px;"> | 1 Kbyte Gambit pink board (8x8) [Install as user style for Lichess](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/423120-lichess-1-kbyte-gambit-piece-set-board) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/3DkeVv0.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px;"> | Wood board (8x8) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/fKrwBvS.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px;"> | Brown-Yellow board (8x8) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/1wXoQ2m.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px;"> | Brown-Sand board (8x8) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/ub86WiD.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px;"> | Pinkish Brown-Yellow board(8x8) |
### Janggi (Korean Chess)
| Screenshot | Description |
|---|---|
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/9jRRc7J.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px"> | White pieces (inspired by Kakao Janggi). This piece set is available on pychess.org |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/lYdoEJJ.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px"> | Wooden pieces (inspired by Kakao Janggi). This piece set is available on pychess.org |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/jA9u9h9.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px">| Orange board like in Wikipedia's [Janggi article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janggi) <br>([userstyle](https://userstyles.org/styles/182853/pychess-janggi-orange-board)) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/yGKvScX.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px"> | Wood board <br>([userstyle](https://userstyles.org/styles/182854/pychess-janggi-wooden-board))|
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/0eudkK5.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px"> | Dark Wood board. This board is available on pychess.org |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/2gk1aIX.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px"> | Brown board. This board is available on pychess.org |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/HP7cuPv.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px"> | Stone board inspired by the [Janggi France youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksfz2MkgxAKNJDvzemO3iA/videos). This board is available on pychess.org |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/3256TLD.png" style="min-width:200px;width:200px"> | Move destination markers inspired by Kakao Janggi and the [Janggi France youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksfz2MkgxAKNJDvzemO3iA/videos) <br>([userstyle](https://userstyles.org/styles/182856/pychess-janggi-kakao-style-move-dest-markers)) |
### Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)
| Screenshot | Description |
|---|---|
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/9x9q5LL.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px"> | **gmchess style wood piece set and board**<br> A vector (svg) remake of the [gmchess](https://code.google.com/archive/p/gmchess/downloads) piece set. <br>The original pieces are low res png images so I made a scalable vector graphics version (as it was requested, see issue #1). <br>The vector remake of the wood board is also included. |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/8u3HLBQ.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px"> | **gmchess alternative black & red pieces**<br> Alternative version of the gmchess wood piece set |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/UZabBgw.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px"> | **gmchess alternative gray pieces**<br> Alternative version of the gmchess wood piece set <br>(The black board is not my work, it's available on pychess.org and in its [repository](https://github.com/gbtami/pychess-variants)) |
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/M1RozvF.png" style="min-width:300px;width:300px"> | **Wikipedia Intl modified piece set and board**<br> Modified versions of the pieces from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xiangqi_Board.svg) made by [Inductiveload](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Inductiveload). <br>I fixed the strokes, made the King pieces symmetric and redrew the horse and the elephant pieces. <br>The board is also from Wikipedia but I recolored the palace and the river.|
### Sittuyin (Burmese Chess)
| Screenshot | Description |
|---|---|
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/JGTDGb4.png" width="350px"> | **Black & Red piece set**<br> This piece set is available on pychess.org|
| <img src="https://i.imgur.com/sEStnYm.png" width="350px"> | **Green & Red piece set**<br> This piece set is available on pychess.org|
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## License
Where it's not stated otherwise, my work is lincensed under [CC-BY-4.0](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/cc-by-4.0)