Template:Chess Unicode

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Main article: Chess symbols in Unicode

This template allows you to obtain the Unicode characters for Chess pieces.

• White pieces: U+2654 – U+2659
• Black pieces: U+265A – U+265F

Usage

{{Chess Unicode|<color>|<piece>}}

Parameters (case-insensitive):

1. color: Color of the piece.
   • B or black for black.
   • W or white for white.
2. piece: Name of the piece.
   • B / Bishop
   • K / King
   • N / Knight
   • P / Pawn
   • Q / Queen
   • R / Rook

All valid output

Color	Piece	Template code	Output
White	Bishop	{{Chess Unicode|W|B}}	♗
	King	{{Chess Unicode|W|K}}	♔
	Knight	{{Chess Unicode|W|N}}	♘
	Pawn	{{Chess Unicode|W|P}}	♙
	Queen	{{Chess Unicode|W|Q}}	♕
	Rook	{{Chess Unicode|W|R}}	♖
Black	Bishop	{{Chess Unicode|B|B}}	♝
	King	{{Chess Unicode|B|K}}	♚
	Knight	{{Chess Unicode|B|N}}	♞
	Pawn	{{Chess Unicode|B|P}}	♟
	Queen	{{Chess Unicode|B|Q}}	♛
	Rook	{{Chess Unicode|B|R}}	♜

External links

• Unicode Block "Miscellaneous Symbols" (Range: 2600–26FF) Code Chart

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