New art deco themed digital chess set: Chicago

For whoever is interested, I created a new art deco inspired chess set called Chicago as a pet project. The goal was to make a set that looks attractive, but feels natural to play with.

You can check it out at http://thechessfoundry.com, or go directly to userstyles.org/styles/154494/lichess-pieces-chicago to try it on lichess using the Stylish plugin.

Let me know what you think of it!

very cool!! great work!!

Very stylish (hehe?) set! Unfortunately a little too detailed for me to use regularly - I prefer something cleaner/simpler. But nonetheless, excellent design with a nice classic feel!

This is your best one yet. I am an admirer, especially after this one. Keep it up.

Looks pretty good, especially the bishop, but I'm wary of installing something like Stylish, which carries the warning that it can "read and change all your data on the websites you visit".

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Yeah—I can’t claim to know enough about Stylish to vouch for it totally…my understanding is that it basically just inserts CSS into specific websites you ask it to, which isn’t much of a security issue itself, but I don’t want to pretend I know the details.

I haven’t had any trouble with it, and I haven’t heard of any lichess people who use it having issues. For me it’s fun being able to tinker, so I think it’s a nice tool.

I can't survive on lichess without the stylish plugin anymore. It is a basic need for me to be able to use whatever colors and textures on the board that I want, and my eyes can't handle the lack of some sort of border around the 64 squares of the chessboard anymore. It's a nice bonus that you can make it look like your board is raised up off the background texture with css borders, too. Here's what my current look is using this new piece set, which I really dig.

(also I use a stylish theme to resize the pieces to slightly smaller and shift them down in the squares a tiny bit)

@PhillipTheTank has given one but i guess users on the stylish page would also appreciate a screenshot how it looks when installed. Just my five cents.

@no_bullet_thanks that's a good point. I'll have to do that when I get a chance

@PhillipTheTank I think you're right—they're better scaled back a little like that. I'll mess with that some at some point, at the risk of making you readjust your beautiful setup