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) Philipp Stamma. Stamma used the modern names of the squares, but he used "p" for pawn moves and the original of a piece ("a" through "h") instead of the initial letter of the piece name. This article describes standard algebraic notation (SAN) required by FIDE. Each square of the chessboard is identified by a unique coordinate pair—a letter and a number. The vertical columns of squares, called ', are labeled "a" through "h" from White's left (the ) to right (the ). The horizontal rows of squares, called ', are numbered "1" to "8" starting from White's side of the