Rxh3#
Chess notation: how would you record this move?

Nice one Macer!But unfortuneatly thats only a mate in 4(no i didnt go on stockfish) teehee
Did you calculate a line for when white doesn't capture the rook? I'm guessing no

Isn't it actually ...Rbg1# ?
Surely you don't write "..." on your scoresheet for every black move do you?

Isn't it actually ...Rbg1# ?
Surely you don't write "..." on your scoresheet for every black move do you?
Oh, right... somehow it didnt occur to me at first that the ellipses signify a black move. I thought Solskytz was just being suspenseful.
When two of the same piece type can move to the same square you designate which piece and its original file it is on and then write its new square- Rook on the B file to the G1 square ( Rbg1). Because its checkmate most use the # sign as well (Rbg1#).

When two of the same piece type can move to the same square you designate which piece and its original file it is on and then write its new square- Rook on the B file to the G1 square ( Rbg1). Because its checkmate most use the # sign as well (Rbg1#).
You're getting at the point of why I posted this. Only one of the rooks can give checkmate. So, is it enough to simply write Rg1#? Is the disambiguation really necessary?
When two of the same piece type can move to the same square you designate which piece and its original file it is on and then write its new square- Rook on the B file to the G1 square ( Rbg1). Because its checkmate most use the # sign as well (Rbg1#).
You're getting at the point of why I posted this. Only one of the rooks can give checkmate. So, is it enough to simply write Rg1#? Is the disambiguation really necessary?
Its always good habit to write specifically and accurately each move made on a scoresheet. One of the children in our last local tournament wrote Ng4+ on a scoresheet...both knights could have made that move. Which one was it? She forgot after the game.

Nice one Macer!But unfortuneatly thats only a mate in 4(no i didnt go on stockfish) teehee
Did you calculate a line for when white doesn't capture the rook? I'm guessing no
the slowest mate for black is when white doesn't take the rook....
Yes, and it's mate in 5, just saying.

Nice one Macer!But unfortuneatly thats only a mate in 4(no i didnt go on stockfish) teehee
Did you calculate a line for when white doesn't capture the rook? I'm guessing no
It's mate in 4 with best play from white.
Mate in 4 after Rxh3, so mate in 5.
When two of the same piece type can move to the same square you designate which piece and its original file it is on and then write its new square- Rook on the B file to the G1 square ( Rbg1). Because its checkmate most use the # sign as well (Rbg1#).
You're getting at the point of why I posted this. Only one of the rooks can give checkmate. So, is it enough to simply write Rg1#? Is the disambiguation really necessary?
In this particular case only one rook can land an immediate checkmate, but as a guideline, writing Rbg1# is safer.
So with Black to move, there's a mate in 1 in this position; I'm sure most of you found it quickly. My question is, how would you write the move in chess notation on your scoresheet?
Yeah, this thread is pure nonsense; I'm just curious how people will answer.