Chess Symbols

Info · Characters

The Chess Symbols Unicode block contains stylized symbols for chess pieces—such as king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn—as well as annotation marks commonly used in chess game notation and instructional materials.
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Code (Short Name / Abbr)
Chess_Symbols
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Long Name
98
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Number of Characters

Chess Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for fairy chess and related notations beyond the basic Western chess symbols (U+2654 to U+265F) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, as well as symbols representing game pieces for xiangqi (Chinese chess).

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