feat(icons): added chess pieces #1945

karsa-mistmere · 2024-03-07T09:31:10Z

closes #1865

What is the purpose of this pull request?

New Icon

Description

Adds chess pieces as per #1865

Icon use case

As provided in #1865:

Chess-related applications
Chess-related educational materials
Chess-related branding/merchandise
Algebraic notation (with symbols instead of letters)

Alternative icon designs

Also see #1865

There's also a more minimal set that could match the crown redesign in #1947:

I'm not sure the rest of the icons work particularly well with the bottom line, and crown doesn't work particularly well without it.

Icon Design Checklist

Concept

I have provided valid use cases for each icon.
I have not added any a brand or logo icon.
I have not used any hate symbols.
I have not included any religious or political imagery.

Author, credits & license

The icons are solely my own creation.

Naming

I've read and followed the naming conventions
I've named icons by what they are rather than their use case.
I've provided meta JSON files in icons/[iconName].json.

Design

I've read and followed the icon design guidelines
I've made sure that the icons look sharp on low DPI displays.
I've made sure that the icons look consistent with the icon set in size, optical volume and density.
I've made sure that the icons are visually centered.
I've correctly optimized all icons to two points of precision.

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github-actions · 2024-03-07T09:31:27Z

Added or changed icons

Preview cohesion

Preview stroke widths

DPI Preview

16px (shadcn/ui)

24px (default)

32px (shadcn/ui + retina)

48px (default + retina)

Icon X-rays

Icon Diffs

Icons as code

Works for: lucide-react, lucide-react-native, lucide-preact, lucide-vue-next

const ChessBishopIcon = createLucideIcon('ChessBishop', [
  ["path",{"d":"M5 20a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h10a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H6a1 1 0 0 1-1-1z"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M15 18c1.5-.615 3-2.461 3-4.923C18 8.769 14.5 4.462 12 2 9.5 4.462 6 8.77 6 13.077 6 15.539 7.5 17.385 9 18"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m16 7-2.5 2.5"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M9 2h6"}]
])

const ChessKingIcon = createLucideIcon('ChessKing', [
  ["path",{"d":"M4 20a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H5a1 1 0 0 1-1-1z"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m6.7 18-1-1C4.35 15.682 3 14.09 3 12a5 5 0 0 1 4.95-5c1.584 0 2.7.455 4.05 1.818C13.35 7.455 14.466 7 16.05 7A5 5 0 0 1 21 12c0 2.082-1.359 3.673-2.7 5l-1 1"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M10 4h4"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M12 2v6.818"}]
])

const ChessKnightIcon = createLucideIcon('ChessKnight', [
  ["path",{"d":"M5 20a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h10a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H6a1 1 0 0 1-1-1z"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M16.5 18c1-2 2.5-5 2.5-9a7 7 0 0 0-7-7H6.635a1 1 0 0 0-.768 1.64L7 5l-2.32 5.802a2 2 0 0 0 .95 2.526l2.87 1.456"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m15 5 1.425-1.425"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m17 8 1.53-1.53"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M9.713 12.185 7 18"}]
])

const ChessPawnIcon = createLucideIcon('ChessPawn', [
  ["path",{"d":"M5 20a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h10a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H6a1 1 0 0 1-1-1z"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m14.5 10 1.5 8"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M7 10h10"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m8 18 1.5-8"}],
  ["circle",{"cx":"12","cy":"6","r":"4"}]
])

const ChessQueenIcon = createLucideIcon('ChessQueen', [
  ["path",{"d":"M4 20a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H5a1 1 0 0 1-1-1z"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m12.474 5.943 1.567 5.34a1 1 0 0 0 1.75.328l2.616-3.402"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m20 9-3 9"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m5.594 8.209 2.615 3.403a1 1 0 0 0 1.75-.329l1.567-5.34"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M7 18 4 9"}],
  ["circle",{"cx":"12","cy":"4","r":"2"}],
  ["circle",{"cx":"20","cy":"7","r":"2"}],
  ["circle",{"cx":"4","cy":"7","r":"2"}]
])

const ChessRookIcon = createLucideIcon('ChessRook', [
  ["path",{"d":"M5 20a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h10a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H6a1 1 0 0 1-1-1z"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M10 2v2"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M14 2v2"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m17 18-1-9"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M6 2v5a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h8a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V2"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M6 4h12"}],
  ["path",{"d":"m7 18 1-9"}]
])

jguddas · 2024-03-07T09:57:06Z

The pawn icon feels bigger than the rest to me.

karsa-mistmere · 2024-03-07T10:01:55Z

The pawn icon feels bigger than the rest to me.

I see what you mean. We could shrink it down by 1 or 2pxs in height, but it would either not be vertically centered anymore or its base would not be aligned with the rest of the icons:

Sidenote: in the official unicode chart, pawn is also quite large

ericfennis · 2024-03-29T09:29:38Z

Hmm, I think I prefer the minimal design approach, where we use these icons for more use-cases. One crown icon in the set would be great. Also the tower icon can have more use cases like: "A castle or monument POI's on maps".

I think you bottom design with bottom line is not that bad. It also matches the landmark icon

karsa-mistmere · 2024-03-29T12:26:56Z

Hmm, I think I prefer the minimal design approach, where we use these icons for more use-cases. One crown icon in the set would be great. Also the tower icon can have more use cases like: "A castle or monument POI's on maps".

I think you bottom design with bottom line is not that bad. It also matches the landmark icon

I do see merit in the minimal set, but the concerns raised would need to be addressed; crown looks fine as it is, but some of the others don't really work that well when following crown's formula, including some of our existing icons the non-minimal set was based on, which would kind of stick out should we go minimal, and I'm less than enthusiastic about changing these (concierge-bell is okay, the others are very meh):

jguddas · 2024-03-29T20:51:26Z

I think the minimal is nice but not lucide-y

ericfennis · 2024-04-01T09:22:29Z

@karsa-mistmere You are right. The first row looks the best.
But it would be nice if icons had multiple use cases. So not having two crown icons.

github-actions · 2024-05-31T02:05:07Z

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spacedawwwg · 2024-08-05T15:00:18Z

These icons look mint

ericfennis

Request for multipurpose icons, and reuse/redesign for example the crown icon.
Tower piece is also great for landmarks on maps.

karsa-mistmere · 2024-08-09T09:42:24Z

Request for multipurpose icons, and reuse/redesign for example the crown icon. Tower piece is also great for landmarks on maps.

@ericfennis: To be honest, I'm against this approach because of the following reason: chess pieces need to have a base, otherwise they do not look like chess pieces anymore.

On the other hand, similarly shaped stuff with completely different use cases do not require a base (I'd even wager that a base is pretty much always a distraction), for example, this is what an actual tower icon would likely look like following the precedent of previous building icons (fort for comparison):

None one of these truly looks like a chess rook, and neither do either of the chess rook proposals look particularly tower-like because of the base:

As far as I'm concerned, if we want chess piece icons, we should have chess piece icons.

If we want something else (crown, tower, horse, mitre etc.), we should add those as their own entity, but crown≠king, tower≠rook, horse≠knight, mitre≠bishop.

icons/chess-rook.svg

icons/chess-rook.json

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github-actions · 2025-08-24T16:10:54Z

icons/chess-bishop.json

+  "contributors": [
+    "karsa-mistmere"
+  ],
+  "tags": [


Suggestions for the chess-bishop icon.
Try asking it your self if you want more suggestions. Open ChatGPT
Here are the suggestions:

Suggested change

"tags": [

"tags": [

"bishop",

"chess",

"strategy",

"game",

"board",

"move",

"power",

"craftsmanship",

"classic",

github-actions · 2025-08-24T16:10:54Z

icons/chess-king.json

+  "contributors": [
+    "karsa-mistmere"
+  ],
+  "tags": [


Suggestions for the chess-king icon.
Try asking it your self if you want more suggestions. Open ChatGPT
Here are the suggestions:

Suggested change

"tags": [

"tags": [

"king",

"chess",

"royalty",

"game",

"strategy",

"board",

"czar",

"monarch",

"regal",

github-actions · 2025-08-24T16:10:54Z

icons/chess-knight.json

+  "contributors": [
+    "karsa-mistmere"
+  ],
+  "tags": [


Suggestions for the chess-knight icon.
Try asking it your self if you want more suggestions. Open ChatGPT
Here are the suggestions:

Suggested change

"tags": [

"tags": [

"knight",

"chess",

"strategy",

"game",

"battle",

"medieval",

"cavalry",

"figure",

github-actions · 2025-08-24T16:10:54Z

icons/chess-pawn.json

+  "contributors": [
+    "karsa-mistmere"
+  ],
+  "tags": [


Suggestions for the chess-pawn icon.
Try asking it your self if you want more suggestions. Open ChatGPT
Here are the suggestions:

Suggested change

"tags": [

"tags": [

"pawn",

"chess",

"game",

"strategy",

"board",

"move",

"delicate",

"simple",

"staunton",

github-actions · 2025-08-24T16:10:55Z

icons/chess-queen.json

+  "contributors": [
+    "karsa-mistmere"
+  ],
+  "tags": [


Suggestions for the chess-queen icon.
Try asking it your self if you want more suggestions. Open ChatGPT
Here are the suggestions:

Suggested change

"tags": [

"tags": [

"queen",

"chess",

"strategy",

"power",

"royalty",

"game",

"battle",

"figure",

"board",

github-actions · 2025-08-24T16:10:55Z

icons/chess-rook.json

+    "karsa-mistmere",
+    "jguddas"
+  ],
+  "tags": [


Suggestions for the chess-rook icon.
Try asking it your self if you want more suggestions. Open ChatGPT
Here are the suggestions:

Suggested change

"tags": [

"tags": [

"chess",

"rook",

"strategy",

"game",

"board",

"figure",

"move",

"battle",

* fix(icons): add more Lucide-ish rounding to sparkle icons * chore(icons): sharpen points ever so slightly for better visual weight * chore(icons): update sparkles & moon-star icon as per Discord * feat(icons): added chess icons * chore(icons): revert commits from #1937 * chore(icons): revert commits from #1937 * Update icons/chess-rook.svg * Update icons/chess-rook.svg * Update icons/chess-rook.json * fix(icons/chess): finetune queen & adjust bases for better scalability * fix(icons/chess): decrease rook base width * fix(icons/chess): decrease knight base width * fix(icons/chess): fix linting issue with chess-rook.json --------- Co-authored-by: Karsa <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Eric Fennis <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Jakob Guddas <[email protected]>

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-  "tags": [
+  "tags": [
+    "bishop",
+    "chess",
+    "strategy",
+    "game",
+    "board",
+    "move",
+    "power",
+    "craftsmanship",
+    "classic",

-  "tags": [
+  "tags": [
+    "knight",
+    "chess",
+    "strategy",
+    "game",
+    "battle",
+    "medieval",
+    "cavalry",
+    "figure",

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