Anyone miss descriptive notation?

Descriptive notation, old-style (from a French Calabrian published in 1714, "Le Jeu des Eschets, Tratuit de l'Italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois.")

Some really nice algebraic from 1833 France: "Le jeu des échecs: parties de Joachim Grecco dit Le Calabrois"  by Moyse Azevedo

Interesting. I wonder when the letter "s" took its modern form.

German algebraic from "Unterricht für schachspieler" 1795

Italian descriptive from "Osservazioni teorico-pratiche sopra il giuoco degli scacchi" by Giovanni Battista Lolli, 1763

+1

Keep the history coming.

I prefer descriptive notion when thinking of moves and playing them out in my head but prefer algebraic when reading or writing down as less error but disadvantages are is harder to think in your head the older method far easier as it tells you the side piece and file straight away without thinking also rank as 8 is 1 and 1 is 8 depending what side you’re playing the old system allway 1-8 just easier I know both well and say learning both is best

I used descriptive for many years before learning algebraic in the 1990s. Algebraic is far easier. To stay fresh, I wrote out from memory a game that I played using descriptive for White and algebraic for Black.

1.P-K4 e5 2.N-KB3 Nc6 3.B-N5 g6 4.P-B3 and so on.

Black's moves are illegal

I actually can't figure that out. Giving up before losing too much life time.

I also started with descriptive and switched to short-form algebraic. It's much quicker, easier, more logical and completely unambiguous. I still know some players who continue to use descriptive in club matches.

Woollensock's next opponent is trying to work out where QB6 is......

QB4 ?

I started out with descriptive notation in 1969. Just about all available books used it in those days. By 1971, I had discovered Chess Informant and, realizing the logic of algebraic notation, started using it to record my OTB games. I still prefer algebraic but have no problem studying books that use descriptive.

I like both. 

I started to learn in the mid 60s, and all my early books (and many of the later ones) were descriptive. When algebraic came in and took over, it was a breath of fresh air. I always got lost with descriptive, frequently moving the kingside piece instead of the queenside, and having to start over at the beginning.  I hated it then, and I still do.

Whenever I have been able to, I have replaced my old descriptive books with updated algebraic ones (assuming they are available). 

The keys to the Tower dungeons.  Ask Andrew.

Fischer recorded his OTB games in Descriptive Notation.

And in terrible handwriting.

We should hold a beauty pageant for miss descriptive notation. I will volunteer to be a judge for the bikini portion of the contest.