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So. Y’all know how chess has a sort of code thingy that tells you which piece moved where? Like, instead of saying “bishop to c5,” it’ll give you a short string of letters and numbers. Anyway, what’s that called, and how can I learn it? (In case you can’t tell, I’m still pretty new to chess, and haven’t taken any formal lessons or anything.)
Well let’s take the bishop to c5 for an example, the code would be Bxc5, Bx=Bishop and c5=position, you can also have say Bx(position)+, in this case the + means it put a player in check, there’s also another one for taking pieces but I don’t remember, hopefully it helps you learn tho!
ajharp22 wrote:
Well let’s take the bishop to c5 for an example, the code would be Bxc5, Bx=Bishop and c5=position, you can also have say Bx(position)+, in this case the + means it put a player in check, there’s also another one for taking pieces but I don’t remember, hopefully it helps you learn tho!
Not quite correct I am afraid. Bxc5 means B captures opponents piece on c5. If the opponent has no piece on c5 to begin with the notation is simply Bc5.
It gets slightly more complicated when two pieces could both move to the destination square. Say both of white's Rooks on their starting squares are capable of moving to e1. The notation is then Rae1 or Rhe1 depending which one is moved.
May 8, 2023
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E121509 wrote:
So. Y’all know how chess has a sort of code thingy that tells you which piece moved where? Like, instead of saying “bishop to c5,” it’ll give you a short string of letters and numbers. Anyway, what’s that called, and how can I learn it? (In case you can’t tell, I’m still pretty new to chess, and haven’t taken any formal lessons or anything.)
https://www.chess.com/terms/chess-notation
Martin_Stahl wrote:
E121509 wrote:
So. Y’all know how chess has a sort of code thingy that tells you which piece moved where? Like, instead of saying “bishop to c5,” it’ll give you a short string of letters and numbers. Anyway, what’s that called, and how can I learn it? (In case you can’t tell, I’m still pretty new to chess, and haven’t taken any formal lessons or anything.)
I have a very strong feeling that the OP is not talking about chess notation. Because chess notation is so obvious, "bishop to c5" as "Bc5" would never be described as "a short string of letters and numbers". Maybe he is talking about FEN or something like that.
@magipi, actually that’s what I was talking about. I wasn’t sure what it was called, so I described it as best I could. Sorry if it was confusing. Yeah, some parts are obvious, but others are confusing…which was why I was asking in the first place
But what does O=O mean? Also Checkmate is #, right?
