That's descriptive notation
First states what piece is moving and then where is moving.
go to wikipedia and type descriptive notation.....it is a little more complicated than algebraic notation
what does the y stands for?
Nothing. Letter "y" has no specific usage in descriptive notation. Maybe you are misreading?
Hi people a recently bought a book but I can't read the chess notation used,need help please here is a part of the notation 1.P-k4 P-K4
2.Kt-Kb3 Kt-KB3
3.KtxP P-Q3
4.Kt-KB3 KtxP
5.Q-K2 Q-K2.