How to Label a Chessboard

One of the many ways that people learn to play chess is by reading and recreating famous games from their notation. The problem is, this notation makes significant use of a chessboard's numbered and lettered squares and most chessboards don't come with labels. A chessboard can be labelled with small stickers to help read the squares and reproduce those games.

Things You'll Need

• Small white stickers
• Marker

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Set up the chessboard so the bottom right square is white.

   • 2

     Label the rows of squares with letters. Start with "A" on the left side and end on "H" on the right side. Do this for every row.

   • 3

     Label the columns with numbers. Start with "1" at the bottom and end with "8" at the top. Do this for every row.