Is there a "best" way to memorize the names of each square?
One of the advantages of using descriptive notation is you never have to memorize anything.
For example white's KB3 square means what it says.
but in that system every square has 2 names which can be a bit annoying
I do not know .Maybe a software can do a great help...
Is there any software like this?
When I learned how to play piano a few years ago,I used free software to learn how to read the notes of music.
Thinkig abput that a while ago i came with a simple memoriziation tech. If the letter corresponds to an odd number, than the odd number on that column are black, if the letter is an even number than the odd number are white. Eg.: A1(a corresponds to 1, therefore all odd number on a-file are black) is black, g5 is also black(g corresponds to 7, so odd numbers on this file are black).
Its not perfect but if u want to kow the collor of the square, that is a fast way to do so
I give them all names. g5 is Gary, e6 is Mike, a4 is Dikembe. Makes it a lot easier when I say "knight to Matthew wins the exchange".
BTW, there's no need to practice memorizing the coordinates or colors of the squares. It comes in time. Put your bishop on d3 enough times and it sticks in your head that it's a light square.
This is what I use:
Basically I divide the board in half -- horizontally and vertically.
D is the Dame,or queen, nearest to A B C files
E is for King Edward, nearest to F G H files.
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Ranks 4 and 5 is the dividing line between black and white. Once a black piece goes to 4, he is in white territory.
I don't know if this is the "best" way--but it certainly does work for me. While most people would say "a1" I think: dark corner foot of the dark tank in the lower left quadrant from White's perspective, or a dark corner gun in the upper right quandrant from Black's perspective. (Of course, in my mind I don't say all of that, I just see it.) I see each square as a part of a dark or light tank, and each square is unique, as are all the ranks, files, and diagonals. Also every square is related to one another. This is how I did it:
http://www.chess.com/blog/OldChessDog/i-see-chess-positions
There may be better and smarter ways to do it--but I'm not that smart.
I don't get it why one should memorise all the square positions :S?