diff --git a/cpp/src/view/gui.cpp b/cpp/src/view/gui.cpp
index 595a617..8a188a0 100644
--- a/cpp/src/view/gui.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/view/gui.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 GUI::GUI() {
     window.create(sf::VideoMode(WINDOW_SIZE, WINDOW_SIZE), "Chess Board");
     load_textures();
+
+    font.loadFromFile("res/arial.ttf");
 }
 
 void GUI::update_board(
@@ -41,16 +43,12 @@ void GUI::load_textures() {
 }
 
 void GUI::handle_click(int x, int y) {
-    // int file = x / TILE_SIZE;
-    // int rank = 7 - (y / TILE_SIZE);
-    // controller.on_tile_selected(file, rank);
+    int file = x / TILE_SIZE;
+    int rank = 7 - (y / TILE_SIZE);
+    controller->on_tile_selected(file, rank);
 }
 
 void GUI::draw_board(int selected_square, std::vector<Move> legal_moves) {
-    sf::Color colours[2] = {
-        sf::Color(0xEDD6B0FF),
-        sf::Color(0xB88762FF)
-    }; // Light and dark squares
     // sf::Color alt_colours[2] = {
     //     sf::Color(0xF6EB72),
     //     sf::Color(0xDCC34B)
@@ -68,6 +66,35 @@ void GUI::draw_board(int selected_square, std::vector<Move> legal_moves) {
                 (file + rank) % 2 == 0 ? colours[0] : colours[1]
             );
             window.draw(square);
+
+            if (file == 0) {
+                sf::Text annotation(std::to_string(rank + 1), font);
+                annotation.setStyle(sf::Text::Bold);
+                annotation.setCharacterSize(16);
+                annotation.setFillColor(
+                    rank % 2 == 0 ? colours[1] : colours[0]
+                );
+                annotation.setPosition(
+                    (file + .05) * TILE_SIZE,
+                    (7 - rank + .05) * TILE_SIZE
+                );
+                window.draw(annotation);
+            }
+
+            if (rank == 0) {
+                sf::Text annotation("abcdefgh"[file], font);
+                annotation.setCharacterSize(16);
+                annotation.setOrigin(16, 16);
+                annotation.setStyle(sf::Text::Bold);
+                annotation.setFillColor(
+                    file % 2 == 0 ? colours[1] : colours[0]
+                );
+                annotation.setPosition(
+                    (file + 1) * TILE_SIZE,
+                    (7 - rank + .95) * TILE_SIZE
+                );
+                window.draw(annotation);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cpp/src/view/gui.hpp b/cpp/src/view/gui.hpp
index ad96e4d..570ed2f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/view/gui.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/view/gui.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class GUI : public View {
     sf::RenderWindow window;
     sf::Texture textures[6][2];
     sf::Sprite pieces[64];
+    sf::Font font;
     sf::Color colours[2] = {
         sf::Color(0xB88762FF), sf::Color(0xEDD6B0FF)
     }; // Light and dark squares