CHESS NOTATION
These letters from 'a' to 'h' run from left to right from the point of the white play, so whites leftmost file of squares is called 'a' file. Black has the 'h' file of square.
Each rank has a number designation from '1' to '8' these, too, are from whites point of view. The rank closest to white is numbered '1' while the rank closest to black is '8'.
Every square on the board has it's own letter/number designation, always given with the letter first. the assist way to think of the names of the squares is to think of the game s'. every square's name comes from the intersection of a lettered file and a number rank. Just combine the letter and number and you have the coordinates of that square.
Each rank has a number designation from '1' to '8' these, too, are from whites point of view. The rank closest to white is numbered '1' while the rank closest to black is '8'.
Every square on the board has it's own letter/number designation, always given with the letter first. the assist way to think of the names of the squares is to think of the game s'. every square's name comes from the intersection of a lettered file and a number rank. Just combine the letter and number and you have the coordinates of that square.