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How do you improve algebraic notation comprehension?
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May 4, 2018
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ErnieBertYoda wrote:
I know. There is a song that helps.
Sesame Street: Do De Duckie With Ernie
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Three things helped me.
1. Practice. The more you do it, the easier it becomes. I can now follow books effortlessly, though the older notation is a hassle ... because I've never practiced it.
2. ChessEye. Google it, get the free program. It seems strange, even stupid, but it's amazing how learning the colours of squares and the different diagonals can help with reading notation, let alone understanding the chess board.
3. Associations, for a lack of a better word. I try to find mental associations for each square. c7, for instance, is the square I normally place my Queen in the Sicilian, one diagonal away from the original square. Another example, h3 is a move I use to challenge the opposing Bishop when it's pinned my Knight; I know it's near my King, and because it's pinning to my Queen, and the Queen starts on her own colour, h3 must be a light-square. That sort of thing. The vast majority of squares have a simple association you can make to common motifs, and understanding this makes chess notation less of a memory task.
May 4, 2018
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There is actually a good technique from the old Soviet days. The teacher tells you that there's a fly on the board, and you have to say what square it's on before the Teacher goes on to the next square. Then, you try it blindfold, with the teacher saying the square, and you have to say what color it is. More advanced students will be asked the colors of non-existent squares, such as i7 or m10.
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May 12, 2018
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As noted by several here, simply practice - and the chess.com vision trainer helps a lot too. After you "comprehend" it better, the next step is then reading off further lines and mentally knowing where the pieces are. This latter can be reached by simply reading the notation followed by mentally following along. After this practice, you will slowly be able to comprehend longer lines.
May 12, 2018
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SmyslovFan escribió:
There is actually a good technique from the old Soviet days. The teacher tells you that there's a fly on the board, and you have to say what square it's on before the Teacher goes on to the next square. Then, you try it blindfold, with the teacher saying the square, and you have to say what color it is. More advanced students will be asked the colors of non-existent squares, such as i7 or m10.
thats awesome, can you say the colour of a square without looking at the board?
One of my biggest problem is not being able to read notations really well. Its like I read one move and then I look at the book to get the second move. I can't seem to read chess notations like the way how I normally read English sentences and this makes it very difficult to read chess books.