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Chess

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

International Chess

Category

Activities, Gaming Activities, Games, Recreation

Message / Function

For notice in general and to indicate the possibility of playing the strategy board game chess

 

Source Description
Chess Aicher &
Krampen		 Side view of two human figures sitting at table and playing chess, table indicated by horizontal line
Abdullah & Hübner page 104, Erco: Pictogram Chess Erco Side view of two human figures sitting at table and playing chess, table indicated by horizontal line
Hora page 162, CNIS: Pictogram Chess CNIS Side view of sitting human figure, at table indicated by horizontal line, knight chess piece in top left corner
Pictogram No 1245775: Chess; by Nicola Simpson Nicola Simpson Side view of two chess pieces: knight and rook, slightly overlapping
Icon No 4219743: Strategy by Adrien Coquet Adrien Coquet Side view of two chess pieces: king and knight, slightly overlapping
Icon No 4219728: Chess by Adrien Coquet Adrien Coquet Side view of two chess pieces: king and pawn, slightly overlapping
Chess Piece King, Black from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating king
No 265A: Chess Piece King, Black from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of crown with temples and cross on top
No 265A: Chess Piece King, Black from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of crown with temples and a few decorative details, circlet at base shown in oblique view
No 265A: Chess Piece King, Black from Font Arial Arial Side view of crown with temples and several decorative details, circlet at base shown in oblique view
Chess Piece King, White from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating king, in outline
No 2654: Chess Piece King, White from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of crown with temples and cross on top, in outline
No 2654: Chess Piece King, White from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of crown with temples in outline, cross on top, circlet at base shown in oblique view
No 2654: Chess Piece King, White from Font Arial Arial Side view of crown with temples in outline, showing several decorative details, circlet at base shown in oblique view
Chess Piece Queen, Black from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating queen
No 265B: Chess Piece Queen, Black from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of crown with prongs and several decorative details
No 265B: Chess Piece Queen, Black from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of crown with prongs and several decorative details, circlet at base shown in oblique view
No 265B: Chess Piece Queen, Black from Font Arial Arial Side view of crown with prongs and several decorative details, circlet at base shown in oblique view
Chess Piece Queen, White from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating queen, in outline
No 2655: Chess Piece Queen, White from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of crown with prongs in outline plus several decorative details
No 2655: Chess Piece Queen, White from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of crown with prongs in outline plus several decorative details, circlet at base shown in oblique view
No 2655: Chess Piece Queen, White from Font Arial Arial Side view of crown with prongs in outline plus several decorative details, circlet at base shown in oblique view
Chess Piece Rook, Black from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating rook
No 265C: Chess Piece Rook, Black from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of chess piece indicating rook
No 265C: Chess Piece Rook, Black from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of chess piece indicating rook
No 265C: Chess Piece Rook, Black from Font Arial Arial Side view of rook chess piece with several details like battlements and brickwork
Chess Piece Rook, White from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating rook, in outline
No 2656: Chess Piece Rook, White from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of chess piece indicating rook, in outline
No 2656: Chess Piece Rook, White from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of chess piece indicating rook, in outline
No 2656: Chess Piece Rook, White from Font Arial Arial Side view of rook chess piece with several details like battlements and brickwork
Icon No 4219738: Bishop by Adrien Coquet Adrien Coquet Side view of chess piece indicating bishop
Chess Piece Bishop, Black from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating bishop
No 265D: Chess Piece Bishop, Black from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of chess piece with cross, indicating bishop
No 265D: Chess Piece Bishop, Black from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 View of miter with cross and several other details, two ribbons/pendilia at base
No 265D: Chess Piece Bishop, Black from Font Arial Arial View of miter with cross and several other details, two ribbons/pendilia at base
Chess Piece Bishop, White from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of chess piece indicating bishop
No 2657: Chess Piece Bishop, White from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of chess piece with cross, indicating bishop, some parts in outline
No 2657: Chess Piece Bishop, White from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 View of miter with cross and several other details, two ribbons/pendilia at base, all in outline
No 2657: Chess Piece Bishop, White from Font Arial Arial View of miter with cross and several other details, two ribbons/pendilia at base, all in outline
Map Symbol: Chess (Schach; freizeitkarte osm.de) freizeitkarte osm.de Side view of knight chess piece
Chess Piece Knight, Black from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of knight chess piece
Icon No 3188997: Chess by Dutchicon (Iconfinder) Dutchicon Side view of knight chess piece with some details
Icon No 8208003: Chess by darwis (thenounproject.com) darwis Side view of knight chess piece with several details
No 265E: Chess Piece Knight, Black from Font Arial Arial Side view of knight chess piece with several details
No 265E: Chess Piece Knight, Black from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of knight chess piece with several details
No 265E: Chess Piece Knight, Black from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of knight chess piece with several details
Chess Piece Knight, White from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of knight chess piece in outline
No 2658: Chess Piece Knight, White from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of knight chess piece in outline, with several details
No 2658: Chess Piece Knight, White from Font Arial Arial Side view of knight chess piece in outline, with several details
No 2658: Chess Piece Knight, White from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of knight chess piece in outline, with several details
No 265F: Chess Piece Pawn, Black from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of pawn chess piece
No 265F: Chess Piece Pawn, Black from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of pawn chess piece
Chess Piece Pawn, Black from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of pawn chess piece
Chess Piece Pawn, White from omgsymbol.com omgsymbol.com Side view of pawn chess piece in outline
No 2659: Chess Piece Pawn, White from Font DejaVu Sans DejaVu Sans Side view of pawn chess piece in outline
No 2659: Chess Piece Pawn, White from Unicode Standard, Version 17.0 Unicode 17.0 Side view of pawn chess piece in outline
No 2659: Chess Piece Pawn, White from Font Arial Arial Side view of pawn chess piece in outline, with several details

Note: Some of the examples shown above were mirrored horizontally to contrast differences.

Discussion

Looking at the pictograms just intended to indicate the possibility of playing the strategy board game chess, one will notice that some of them just display a single chess piece. Besides renderings showing side views of chess pieces we also added symbols intended to represent chess pieces according to chess conventions used to record chess moves, specified as Figurine Algebraic Notation (FAN). A few standard sets of chess pieces with king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn in white and black variants also found in various fonts according to Unicode specifications are part of the collection above. Searching the internet results in a much wider range of renderings of chess pieces.

No test results for pictograms concerning the referent Chess are available among our sources.

Recommendations

Due to the fact that no data concerning comprehensibility of any pictogram variant is available, we recom­mend to conduct research using the Comprehensibility Estimation procedure for eliminating poor variants and identifying the best of the set available, followed by a Comprehension Test. These studies should deliver useful data for recom­mending one or several pictograms. Detailed information about the most frequent responses given in each of the response categories of the Comprehension Test should be provided to correctly judge comprehensibility and improve designs. Also information concerning knowledge about this kind of activity should be collected at the end of the test, as the degree of familiarity with the referent examined may significant impact on the validity of the data collected. Such detailed data should also provide information, which specific chess piece could be the best representation for chess in general.

Tests of pictograms of referent Chess

No data from research or tests is available in our database.

See also

Activities
Casino

 

Updated 2025-12-23 by Christoph Brugger