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How do you read chess moves?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

From left to right. If the notation reads (for example) KXF8, the first letter refers to the piece that is being moved. K-King, next, the 'X' represents that that piece is taking another piece. F refers to the file that the piece is being moved to. The Number, then, refers to the rank that the piece is being moved to. Also, if the move results in a check, a '+' is added to the end. If the move results in checkmate, a '++' is added to the end.

The notation for each piece is as follows.

King-K

Queen-Q

Bishop-B

Knight-N

Rook-R

Pawn- either P or no letter implies that a pawn was moved.

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