All you need to play chess is paper! In the series of videos below you’ll learn how to make the origami chess set. All the pieces are made from square sheets of paper with the same size. You can also make a chessboard using my origami Pixels.

♙ Pawn

♖ Rook

♘ Knight

The horse head was based on my origami Unicorn. This is the only piece in my origami chess set that doesn’t start with the traditional bird base.

♗ Bishop

♕ Queen

♔ King

Chessboard

You can use the Origami Pixels to make the Chessboard. You’ll need 64 square sheets of paper (32 white and 32 black) with the same size you used for the pieces.

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