I believe the asterisk indicates taking. So, B*Kt means bishop takes knight. Is that the symbol you're asking about?
How can you understand this symbol?Thanks.
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trysts wrote:
I believe the asterisk indicates taking. So, B*Kt means bishop takes knight. Is that the symbol you're asking about?
He means the entire description being in old-style descriptive notation rather than algebraic notation...SJFG's game post takes care of that :).
Thank you very much.
1.P-K4, P-K4;2.Kt-KB3, Kt-QB3;3.B-B4,B-B4;4.P-B3,Kt-B3;
5.P-Q4, P*P; 6.P*P,B-Kt5ch; 7.Kt-B3,Kt*KP;8.Castles, B*Kt;
9.P-Q5, Kt-K4;10.P*B, Kt*B;11.Q-Q4,Kt(B5)-Q3; 12.Q*KtP,Q-B3;
13.Q*Q, Kt*Q; 14. R-K1 ch, K-B1;15.B-R6 ch, K-Kt1; 16.R-K5,
Kt(Q3)-K5; 17.Kt-Q2.