Chess

A simple but awesome analog chess watch face, born from countless hours and probably too much coffee. It looks great on your wrist, sips battery like a polite guest, and treats your fragile display with the respect it desperately deserves. Even your king might get a little jealous. Features • Classic analog chess-inspired design • Power-efficient always-on display (AOD) • Improves your chess skill by a factor of 1.00 — results may vary. • Shows the time • Day-of-week localization in English and German • Optional: second hand, system icons, date, ticks • On MIP displays you can choose to "play" as Black or White Restrictions: AMOLED displays have some limitations set by Garmin, in order to save you some juice. The second hand is only visible if you focus on your watch. Found a bug or have a question? Feel free to reach out, I’m always happy to help. You’ll find the "Contact Developer" form below. This watch face is free. You can tip my work here: https://ko-fi.com/fruehstueck

07.07.2026 - v1.4 • Fixed missing chess pieces on some legacy devices (e.g. Forerunner 235), which displayed rectangles instead. Thanks to Valentina for the bug report. • Tick marks on watches with bezel markings are now hidden by default (can be changed in settings) • Improved tick mark rendering consistency across devices (hour tick marks were difficult to distinguish on some non-anti-aliased displays) • Slightly increased the second hand width • Updated all device builds to Connect IQ 9.2.0 07.06.2026 - v1.3 • Fixed rook and bishop overlapping glitch • Improved power effiency (-27% render time) • Updated Connect IQ to 9.1.0 for all devices • Added support for twelve legacy devices (D2 Bravo, D2 Bravo Titanium, Descent G1 / G1 Solar, fēnix 3 / tactix Bravo / quatix 3, fēnix 3 HR, Forerunner 45, Forerunner 230, Forerunner 235, Forerunner 630, Forerunner 920XT, Garmin Swim 2, vívoactive) 02.06.2026 - v1.2 • Improved visibility of all hands • Improved display compatibility across additional devices, including monochrome semi-octagonal and 14-color semi-round displays • Added seven new Instinct series models (Crossover, 2 / Solar / Dual Power, 2S, 2X Solar, E 40mm, E 45mm) • Added support for two low-memory devices (Venu Sq, fēnix Chronos) • Added support for six legacy devices (Approach S60, vívoactive HR, Forerunner 735XT, vívoactive 3 Mercedes-Benz Collection, D2 Charlie, Approach S62) 17.05.2026 - v1.1 • AMOLED only: Added setting to disable "Always-On" display • MIP only: Added setting to "Play as" Black or White • Added app icon • Greatly improved readability of icons on Forerunner 55 and Forerunner 158 • Improved readability of hour and minute hands • Added support for square displays • Added support for seven new watches (Forerunner 70, Forerunner 170, Forerunner 170m, Venu Square, Venu Square 2, Venu Square 2 Music, Venu X1) 04.05.2026 - v1.0 • Initial release