diff --git a/Userland/Applications/GamesSettings/ChessSettingsWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/GamesSettings/ChessSettingsWidget.cpp
index 8ebc130dd25..7f4ef88f178 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/GamesSettings/ChessSettingsWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/GamesSettings/ChessSettingsWidget.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ private:
         // With the same preview size as we use for card games, a nice fit is 2 ranks of 6.
         // There are definitely better ways of doing this, but it'll do. ;^)
         auto square_size = 61;
+        auto square_margin = square_size / 10;
 
         auto rect_for_square = [&](Chess::Square const& square) {
             return Gfx::IntRect {
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ private:
         auto draw_piece = [&](Chess::Piece const& piece, Chess::Square const& square) {
             auto& bitmap = *m_piece_images.get(piece).value();
             painter.draw_scaled_bitmap(
-                rect_for_square(square),
+                rect_for_square(square).shrunken(square_margin, square_margin, square_margin, square_margin),
                 bitmap,
                 bitmap.rect(),
                 1.0f,
diff --git a/Userland/Games/Chess/ChessWidget.cpp b/Userland/Games/Chess/ChessWidget.cpp
index e0fc2c2314b..f44981ca148 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Chess/ChessWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Games/Chess/ChessWidget.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ void ChessWidget::paint_event(GUI::PaintEvent& event)
 
     auto square_width = min_size / 8;
     auto square_height = min_size / 8;
+    auto square_margin = square_width / 10;
     int coord_rank_file = (side() == Chess::Color::White) ? 0 : 7;
 
     Chess::Board& active_board = (m_playback ? board_playback() : board());
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ void ChessWidget::paint_event(GUI::PaintEvent& event)
         if (!(m_dragging_piece && sq == m_moving_square)) {
             auto bmp = m_pieces.get(active_board.get_piece(sq));
             if (bmp.has_value()) {
-                painter.draw_scaled_bitmap(tile_rect, *bmp.value(), bmp.value()->rect(), 1.0f, Gfx::Painter::ScalingMode::BilinearBlend);
+                painter.draw_scaled_bitmap(tile_rect.shrunken(square_margin, square_margin, square_margin, square_margin), *bmp.value(), bmp.value()->rect(), 1.0f, Gfx::Painter::ScalingMode::BilinearBlend);
             }
         }