diff --git a/chess.lua b/chess.lua
index 0240585..153dced 100644
--- a/chess.lua
+++ b/chess.lua
@@ -606,12 +606,10 @@ minetest.register_node(":realchess:chessboard", {
 	paramtype2 = "facedir",
 	inventory_image = "chessboard_top.png",
 	wield_image = "chessboard_top.png",
-	tiles = {"chessboard_top.png", "chessboard_top.png",
-		"chessboard_sides.png", "chessboard_sides.png",
-		"chessboard_top.png", "chessboard_top.png"},
+	tiles = {"chessboard_top.png", "chessboard_top.png", "chessboard_sides.png"},
 	groups = {choppy=3, oddly_breakable_by_hand=2, flammable=3},
 	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
-	node_box = {type = "fixed", fixed = {-0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5, -0.4375, 0.5}},
+	node_box = {type = "fixed", fixed = {-.375, -.5, -.375, .375, -.4375, .375}},
 	sunlight_propagates = true,
 	on_rotate = screwdriver.rotate_simple,
 	can_dig = realchess.dig,
diff --git a/textures/chessboard_sides.png b/textures/chessboard_sides.png
index 14d1a69..bb6e8ef 100644
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diff --git a/textures/chessboard_top.png b/textures/chessboard_top.png
index 26670e8..9dcbf5d 100644
Binary files a/textures/chessboard_top.png and b/textures/chessboard_top.png differ