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It's simple and cool...a Chess board has 64 squares, and when you want to tell your friend that you found a chess game amazing and describe what happened in the game, your friend would be confused if you tell the king moved here and queen moved there and the bishop took knight and rook took queen, because it's hard for you to tell which of the 64 squares the queen started moving from, and which of the 63 it lands on! Also, there are 2 bishops, 2 knights, 2 rooks, and 8 pawns to make matters worse, since your friend won't understand which of the 8 pawns are you talking of!
A simple and well accepted notation exists to solve this problem, you assign a label for each square and an alphabet in upper case for each piece, and viola! You suddenly start explaining games to your friend without any ambiguity!!
The first column of the chess board as seen by you when you play white is called a(starting from left and going to your right), next is b, the third is c, and so on till 8th column, which is h. The first row closest to you is 1, second is 2, and so on till eighth, with is 8. So now, when you play white, the closest square to you to your right is h1, while the leftmost one closest to you is a1.
Next the pieces, queen is represented by Q, rook by R, knight by N, bishop by B, king by K, and pawn has no letter for it. So to answer your question now, g4 means a pawn has moved to the square g4, so is the case for e5 and f3. Qh4 means the queen has moved to h4 square.
Hope my answer helped, cheers!:)
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What does nf3 mean in chess?
It's a standard notation, meaning "Knight to F3".
What is algebraic system in chess?
The algebraic system in chess is the letters and numbers that run along the edge of some chess boards. It is actually called algebraic notation and is quite useful in chess. To find out more about this, you can visit http://learnplaychess.net/
How do you record chess moves?
Most chess moves are recorded using an algebraic notation system ~ see either of both related links below .
What is 0043 in scientific notation?
If you meant 0043 then the scientific notation is 4.3 x 10^1. If you meant .0043 then the scientific notation is 4.3 x 10^-3.
What is 3.14103 in standard notation?
That is the standard notation. If you meant 3.14 x 10^3 then the standard notation would be: 3,140
What the symbol x means in chess?
In algebraic notation of chess, an "x" represents a capture. For example, "Qxe6" would mean that the player's queen captured an enemy piece on e6.
What is PGN?
programmable game notation file format used by most chess softwares for recording game.
In a chess tournament what is K3?
it is the third space from the king to the place of your enemy in chessK3 is in descriptive notation meaning the third rank of the Kings' file. In algebraic notation this translates to E3.
How do you write 3 X 107 in scientific notation?
3 x 107 is already in scientific notation (: 30,000,000 is the standard notation (if that's what you meant to ask)
Which bird is part of a chess set?
This is more a riddle or a joke than an actual chess question. The answer is "rook," which is a type of bird. A rook is also a chess piece, although the word rook comes from the Persian rukh which meant a heavily fortified chariot.
What letter stands for bishop in chess?
"B" is the chess annotation for Bishop.In FEN notation the letter as a capital indicates a white piece, in lower case it indicates a black piece. so 'B' or 'b'.
Where a pawn reaches the other side of the chess board where is it meant to stay?
The pawn , which can be promoted to any other chess piece besides the King , when promoted will still occupy the same square .
