user703: I am looking for an examples of a free chess set icons. It would be nice if the place allow to download them, but this is not really important, as I will still need to redraw them in svg format.
Just to explain what I mean by chess set icons. I need them to customize user's pieces on my chess server. Basically I am looking for examples like this (image from Wikipedia):

but not like this (image from TheChessPiece): 

Also is it possible that some particular chess icons are patented and hence I can not use them?

user3819: When you are looking for more interesting Chess icons including heterodox pieces, look here for a great list:
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/imagequery.php?type=DTP&numberofcols=2&displayauthor=1&displayinventor=1&usethisheading=Desktop+Publishing+Resources+By+Image
If you are going for the simple, just use Unicode.

user3814: I'm sure unicode has a range of codes for both white and black game pieces.
Use a font like Arial or Tahoma. In the U2600 Range.

user3813: Unicode has chess piece icons in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode
This means you could look for a font which includes the chess symbol unicode block and has a license which fits your purpose. Most fonts are in TrueType format which is already vector-based and can be converted to SVG with Apache SVG Font Converter. This would mean you wouldn't even need to redraw them manually.

user70: You might look for a chess set font. Here are several. Licensing information is included. It looks like they have been scanned from old books in some cases.

user2599: PyChess has about 20 fonts and SVGs bundled in its source code:




703: <p>I am looking for an examples of a free chess set icons. It would be nice if the place allow to download them, but this is not really important, as I will still need to redraw them in svg format.</p>

<p>Just to explain what I mean by chess set icons. I need them to customize user's pieces on my chess server. Basically I am looking for examples like this (image from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chess_symbols.PNG" rel="noreferrer">Wikipedia</a>):</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TXd0q.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>but not like this (image from <a href="http://www.thechesspiece.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Jazzy-Trio-Knight" rel="noreferrer">TheChessPiece</a>): 
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/woLMj.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>Also is it possible that some particular chess icons are patented and hence I can not use them?</p>
 3819: <p>When you are looking for more interesting Chess icons including heterodox pieces, look here for a great list:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.chessvariants.org/index/imagequery.php?type=DTP&amp;numberofcols=2&amp;displayauthor=1&amp;displayinventor=1&amp;usethisheading=Desktop+Publishing+Resources+By+Image" rel="nofollow">http://www.chessvariants.org/index/imagequery.php?type=DTP&amp;numberofcols=2&amp;displayauthor=1&amp;displayinventor=1&amp;usethisheading=Desktop+Publishing+Resources+By+Image</a></p>

<p>If you are going for the simple, just use Unicode.</p>
 3814: <p>I'm sure unicode has a range of codes for both white and black game pieces.</p>

<p>Use a font like Arial or Tahoma. In the U2600 Range.</p>
 3813: <p>Unicode has chess piece icons in it.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode" rel="noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode</a></p>

<p>This means you could look for a font which includes the chess symbol unicode block and has a license which fits your purpose. Most fonts are in TrueType format which is already vector-based and can be converted to SVG with <a href="https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/tools/font-converter.html" rel="noreferrer">Apache SVG Font Converter</a>. This would mean you wouldn't even need to redraw them manually.</p>
 70: <p>You might look for a chess set <em>font</em>. <a href="http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/fonteng.htm">Here are several</a>. Licensing information is included. It looks like they have been scanned from old books in some cases.</p>
 2599: <p><a href="http://pychess.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PyChess</a> has about 20 fonts and SVGs bundled <a href="https://github.com/pychess/pychess/tree/master/pieces" rel="nofollow noreferrer">in its source code</a>:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LxPpD.png" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/V2TOK.png" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/eMRwx.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
