Chess Symbols

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{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Chess Symbols

|rangestart = 1FA00

|rangeend = 1FA6F

|script1 = Common

|symbols = Chess symbols
Xiangqi symbols

|11_0 = 14

|12_0 = 84

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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).{{cite book | title = The Unicode Standard, Version 12.0 | chapter = Chapter 22: Symbols | publisher = Unicode, Inc | date = March 2019 | location = Mountain View, CA | url = https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode12.0.0/ch22.pdf | isbn = 978-1-936213-22-1 }}

Block

{{Contains special characters

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History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Chess Symbols block:

Version	{{nobr\|Final code points}}	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
class="wikitable collapsible sticky-header"
rowspan="15" \| 11.0	rowspan="15" \| U+1FA60..1FA6D	rowspan="15" \| 14	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10368-n3910.pdf L2/10-368]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3910.pdf N3910]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP\|date=2010-09-16}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10463-chinese-chess.pdf L2/10-463]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3966.pdf N3966]	{{Citation\|title=Re: Proposal for encoding Chinese chess symbols\|date=2010-11-05}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10416.htm L2/10-416R]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes\|date=2010-11-09\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.15}}
	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3992.pdf N3992]	{{Citation\|title=R.O. Korea's Comments on "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP (WG2 N3910)"\|date=2011-03-03}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.pdf N3903 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57\|date=2011-03-31\|section=M57.28 (Chinese Chess symbols)}}
	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf N4103]	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58\|date=2012-01-03\|section=11.8 Comments on N3910 “Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbols”}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16255-n4748-xiangqi.pdf L2/16-255]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4748-xiangqi.pdf N4748]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal to encode Xiangqi game symbols\|date=2016-09-12\|first=Andrew\|last=West\|author-link=Andrew West (linguist)}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16270-n4766-xiangqi.pdf L2/16-270]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4766-xiangqi.pdf N4766]	{{Citation\|title=Recommendations for encoding Xiàngqí game symbols\|date=2016-09-28\|first=Michael\|last=Everson\|author-link=Michael Everson}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf N4873R (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65\|date=2018-03-16\|section=10.3.10}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm L2/16-325]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #149 Minutes\|date=2016-11-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 149-C8}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17161-n4794-pdam1-2.pdf L2/17-161]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4794-pdam1-2DDOC.pdf N4794]	{{Citation\|title=Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition\|date=2017-05-08\|first=Michel\|last=Suignard\|section=China T3, UK T7. Sub-clause 33}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm L2/17-103]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #151 Minutes\|date=2017-05-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=E.2.3 Xiangqi game symbols}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf N4953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66\|date=2018-03-23\|section=M66.03d}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17353-wg2-consent-docket.pdf L2/17-353]}}		{{Citation\|title=WG2 Consent Docket\|date=2017-10-02\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|section=D. Chess Symbols}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #153 Minutes\|date=2018-02-02\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 153-C5}}
rowspan="7" \| 12.0	rowspan="7" \| U+1FA00..1FA53	rowspan="7" \| 84	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16293-heterdox-chess.pdf L2/16-293]}}		{{Citation\|title=Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols\|date=2016-10-26\|first=Garth\|last=Wallace}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16342-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/16-342]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals\|date=2016-11-07\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Roozbeh\|last3=Pournader\|first4=Andrew\|last4=Glass\|first5=Laurențiu\|last5=Iancu\|section=13. Chess}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17034r3-n4784r-fairy-chess.pdf L2/17-034R4]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4784r2-fairy-chess.pdf N4784R]	{{Citation\|title=Revised Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols in the UCS\|date=2017-03-28\|first1=Garth\|last1=Wallace\|first2=Michael\|last2=Everson}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf L2/17-153]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals\|date=2017-05-17\|first=Deborah\|last=Anderson\|section=22. Chess symbols}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm L2/17-103]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #151 Minutes\|date=2017-05-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=E.2.1}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf N4953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66\|date=2018-03-23\|section=M66.07j}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #153 Minutes\|date=2018-02-02\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 153-C15}}
class="sortbottom" \| colspan="6" \| {{reflist\|group=lower-alpha\|refs=Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names}}

References

Category:Unicode blocks

Category:Unicode blocks with characters for games

Category:Xiangqi

Category:Fairy chess

Version	{{nobr\|Final code points}}	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
class="wikitable collapsible sticky-header"
rowspan="15" \| 11.0	rowspan="15" \| U+1FA60..1FA6D	rowspan="15" \| 14	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10368-n3910.pdf L2/10-368]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3910.pdf N3910]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP\|date=2010-09-16}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10463-chinese-chess.pdf L2/10-463]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3966.pdf N3966]	{{Citation\|title=Re: Proposal for encoding Chinese chess symbols\|date=2010-11-05}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10416.htm L2/10-416R]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes\|date=2010-11-09\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.15}}
	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3992.pdf N3992]	{{Citation\|title=R.O. Korea's Comments on "Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbol in the SMP (WG2 N3910)"\|date=2011-03-03}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.pdf N3903 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57\|date=2011-03-31\|section=M57.28 (Chinese Chess symbols)}}
	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf N4103]	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58\|date=2012-01-03\|section=11.8 Comments on N3910 “Proposal for Encoding Chinese Chess Symbols”}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16255-n4748-xiangqi.pdf L2/16-255]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4748-xiangqi.pdf N4748]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal to encode Xiangqi game symbols\|date=2016-09-12\|first=Andrew\|last=West\|author-link=Andrew West (linguist)}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16270-n4766-xiangqi.pdf L2/16-270]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4766-xiangqi.pdf N4766]	{{Citation\|title=Recommendations for encoding Xiàngqí game symbols\|date=2016-09-28\|first=Michael\|last=Everson\|author-link=Michael Everson}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf N4873R (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65\|date=2018-03-16\|section=10.3.10}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm L2/16-325]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #149 Minutes\|date=2016-11-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 149-C8}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17161-n4794-pdam1-2.pdf L2/17-161]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4794-pdam1-2DDOC.pdf N4794]	{{Citation\|title=Draft disposition of comments on PDAM1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 5th edition\|date=2017-05-08\|first=Michel\|last=Suignard\|section=China T3, UK T7. Sub-clause 33}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm L2/17-103]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #151 Minutes\|date=2017-05-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=E.2.3 Xiangqi game symbols}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf N4953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66\|date=2018-03-23\|section=M66.03d}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17353-wg2-consent-docket.pdf L2/17-353]}}		{{Citation\|title=WG2 Consent Docket\|date=2017-10-02\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|section=D. Chess Symbols}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #153 Minutes\|date=2018-02-02\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 153-C5}}
rowspan="7" \| 12.0	rowspan="7" \| U+1FA00..1FA53	rowspan="7" \| 84	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16293-heterdox-chess.pdf L2/16-293]}}		{{Citation\|title=Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols\|date=2016-10-26\|first=Garth\|last=Wallace}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16342-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/16-342]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals\|date=2016-11-07\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Roozbeh\|last3=Pournader\|first4=Andrew\|last4=Glass\|first5=Laurențiu\|last5=Iancu\|section=13. Chess}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17034r3-n4784r-fairy-chess.pdf L2/17-034R4]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4784r2-fairy-chess.pdf N4784R]	{{Citation\|title=Revised Proposal to Encode Heterodox Chess Symbols in the UCS\|date=2017-03-28\|first1=Garth\|last1=Wallace\|first2=Michael\|last2=Everson}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf L2/17-153]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals\|date=2017-05-17\|first=Deborah\|last=Anderson\|section=22. Chess symbols}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm L2/17-103]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #151 Minutes\|date=2017-05-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=E.2.1}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf N4953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66\|date=2018-03-23\|section=M66.07j}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #153 Minutes\|date=2018-02-02\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Consensus 153-C15}}
class="sortbottom" \| colspan="6" \| {{reflist\|group=lower-alpha\|refs=Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names}}

Chess Symbols

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History

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