Longest Move Notation

Hello everybody!

Today I will be showing you how to write chess notation, and which notation is the longest.

Let's get started!

Chess notation is written so that you can document a game completely without having to draw each position manually. When you move a piece, you write down the letter that the piece was, followed by the coordinate that piece moved to.

Queens use the letter Q, bishops use the letter B, knights use the letter N, rooks use the letter R, kings use the letter K, and pawns don't use a letter.

Now things start to get more complicated.

If you capture a piece, put an "x" in between the piece's letter and the coordinate.

If you check the king, add a "+" on the end.

If you checkmate the king, add a "#" on the end.

If you castle kingside, write O-O, but if you castle queen side, write O-O-O.

If you promote, add an "=", and then add the letter of the piece you promote to.

Finally, if you want to distinguish between two different pieces of the same type, write the name of their unique column or file. For example, if you have two rooks in the two corners, and you move one of them into the middle, you would either write Rae1 or Rhe1 depending on which rook you moved. If just one column or one row alone does not distinguish between pieces, write the entire coordinate of the piece that is being moved.

So, how do we make the longest piece notation for one move?

We need to maximize the amount of things the move does. It should distinguish between pieces, cause a check or checkmate, take another piece, and maybe even promote!

dxe8=R#, Seven characters long!

Here is the move on the board:

Thanks for reading this! I know I didn't cover everything, but if you have a longer chess notation move, please put it in the chat! See you later!