Chess piece given time. Except for castling and the knight's move, no piece may jump over another piece . The variety of designs available is broad, from small cosmetic changes to highly abstract representations, to themed designs such as those that emulate the drawings from the works of Lewis Carroll, or modern treatments such as "Star Trek" or "The Simpsons". Themed designs are generally intended for display purposes rather than actual play . Some works of art are designs of chess sets, such as the modernist chess set by chess enthusiast and dadaist Man Ray, that is on display in the Museum
Algebraic notation (chess) of chess is ICCF numeric notation. In recent years, the majority of correspondence games have been played on on-line servers rather than by email or post, leading to a decline in the use of ICCF numeric notation. Chess games are often stored in computer files using Portable Game Notation (PGN), which uses algebraic chess notation as well as additional markings to codify a game. As mentioned, PGN requires uppercase letter "O" to represent castling (e.g. O-O), while the FIDE Handbook uses digit zero (0-0). Though not technically a part of algebraic notation, the following are some common symbols frequently used