Why abbreviation for knight is N and not Kt? - Chess Forums

trolley813

Aug 13, 2014

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#1

In the old descriptive notation both N and Kt were allowed. Why only N in algebraic (i.e. why don't write Ktg1-f3 etc.)?

Pat_Zerr

Aug 13, 2014

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#2

I think it's too easy to get it confused with K for king. N is descriptive enough that you know what it is, since the K in "knight" is silent.

AKAL1

Aug 13, 2014

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#3

You're the only exception, we call you kay instead of n

NM Zigwurst

Aug 13, 2014

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#4

N is quicker to write and understand

trolley813

Aug 15, 2014

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#5

Fiveofswords wrote:

N is one letter. K is taken.

In Russian, words for king and knight begin with same letter, and we use 2-letter abbreviation (but for the king, and knight is still 1-letter).