Chess board with tessellated design

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Cool looking chess pieces abound on Thingiverse. Intriguing chess boards with unique designs like tessellated hexagonal shapes are relatively scarce, which is why I've endeavored to create a chess board with an eye-catching design. The print quality in the photos was achieved using aluminum, but this design should be easily replicable with FDM as well. For optimal results, I recommend a layer height of 0.25 mm since all Z-axis dimensions are multiples of it. To enhance the contrast between the white and black fields, consider treating one set of fields with a technique such as sand blasting, polishing, or painting/lacquering. Alternatively, you might explore other methods to achieve this effect. The chess pieces showcased in the photos are from Zeycus' Abstract Chess Set (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:952393).