Maurizio Monge Chess Art

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I received several requests to incorporate some of the beautiful chess art by Maurizio Monge in Chess for Android. Maurizio did a great job creating attractive, yet very playable chess figures. Also, he kindly makes this art available to all, although I received explicit permission from him to use the art in my application. So the next version of Chess for Android will feature the fantastic "fantasy" and very funny "eyes" piece figures.



Comments

Bryan Whitby said…
Hi Aart

A very talented artist.

I particularly like his 'SKulls' set, not very usable to actually play a game with but very artistic.

Regards
Bryan
February 8, 2019 at 2:39 PM
Anonymous said…
They are indeed all impressive, although I indeed picked the most playable one. When can we expect a new piece set from your artistic hands?
February 9, 2019 at 10:53 AM
Bryan Whitby said…
Ask Pietro if you can use his 😃
February 10, 2019 at 7:27 AM
chysiddh14 said…
thank u sir for adding new Maurizio Monge chess piece now cfa looks brillant looks stylish
thanks for annonatation
i love everything about this app.
February 16, 2019 at 4:12 AM
Aart Bik said…
Thank you, chysiddh14!
February 16, 2019 at 7:33 AM
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