Absolutely work to learn algebraic notation, it's essential for improvement. I really noticed that my skill had improved when I was able to talk confidently about my games, saying things like "Ah, I see my opponent has a weak square on c5" or "We're fighting for control of the D file".
Go for it.
It won't affect your level of play that much but I guess it's up to you...
I never 'studied' the game like I would a school subject... my advice is just to let it happen slowly and have fun with the game.
Yes, definitely have fun with the game, that has to be rule #1. As a beginner, I have oftentimes in the past gotten burned out from losing or trying to study too hard, and then it all becomes one big pain in the
One tip is that if you can find a person better than you to play an unrated game, and then you can talk through it to help improve.
Thanks, everyone.
Its really easy to get used to Algebraic noation just try the next, the next time you start a game, try listing in our mind the start position of each pice, also it will be halpfull for you to activate the coordinates of the board on your chess settings and each time you or your oponen make a move think from where to where it moved (i.e. Knight b1 to c3 -> Nc3), also it would be better if you get used to put the white pices always on the bottom, that will help you to dont get confuse.
After that it gets really simple.
I'd say that exclusively on-site, a conversational knowledge of algebraic notation is good for understanding banter about squares and files, but beyond that drag and drop, forward and backward controls and the automatic recording of moves in correct algebraic should pretty much take care of it. You pretty much can do instant replays like a sportscaster.
If you get a tad more serious and start going over games from books (or downloads of your games from here!) then by all means practice up!
Hi everyone, today's my first day on the site and I just want to throw one amazingly newbish question out there without fear of being made fun of.
As a beginner, should I get right into becoming comfortable with reading algebraic notation? (like reading text or music?) Or do you think I should just keep playing, learning general strategy, and let the notation come along more slowly?
Any tips or anecdotes would be greatly appreciated. This is definitely a site I'll be checking up on daily from here on out.
Cool.
- Mikey