Subj:
Notation System
Date:
1/15/02 8:33:03 AM Mountain Standard
Time
From: Adrian
Salas
(Mexico)
To:
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pieces moves in a game, motive of this e-mail, to ask you to be
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where there is not any learning center.
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Adrian Salas and Ma. Esther Martinez
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Dear Adrian Salas
and Ma. Esther Martinez:
The most common system of
notation is the "Descriptive" one but the "Algebraic" system is
also very popular due to its precision.
In the Descriptive system the
initial position of the white and black pieces serves to name
the different squares on the board. In this way, for each
player, the squares of the first horizontal row from left to
right are denominated in the following manner:
Descriptive System:
QR1 (Queen Rook one)
QN1 (Queen Knight one)
QB1 (Queen Bishop one)
Q1 (Queen one)
K1 (King one)
KB1 (King Bishop one)
KN1 (King Knight one)
KR1 (King Rook one)
On fig. 1, white
pieces start the game with P-K4 (Pawn to King four) and
the black pieces answer with P-QB4 (Pawn to Queen Bishop
four).
Fig.
1
Algebraic System:
The Algebraic
system consists of a unique numeration for all the squares on
the Chessboard. The first horizontal row of the white
pieces is used for the denomination of all columns. The
squares of such row are named from left to right with the
letter: a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h. The vertical columns
have squares numbered from one to eight.
On fig. 2,
the first move made by white is Pd4* (Pawn to d4) and the
black answer is Nf6 (Knight to f6). Computer Chess
programs interpret it as d2-d4 and
g8-f6.
Fig. 2
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8 |
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7 |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 1 |
* As a general
rule and widely accepted by most professional Chess players,
the Pawns move is written with two digits only: d4,
omitting the letter "P" from Pawn.
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