Notation Rotation

Studio Sutherl& began playing chess over Zoom during the Covid-19 lockdown using chess notation, which describes the name of the piece being moved and the square it’s moving to – for example, Bishop C8 to F5. “As inexperienced players we didn’t know the squares, so used written prompts on the board itself,” says the studio. “We then discussed producing a board where the A-G and 1-9 were intrinsic to the squares themselves. The lettering literally forms the chessboard."