i have read this many times and i dont get how to play.

maybe i have gone nuts, again.

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The new coding is pretty slick. The first letter (in caps) represents the piece you are moving. K=king, Q=queen, R=rook, N=knight, B=bishop, and for pawns there is no capital letter.

Then you add the tile that the piece is moving to. So if I am moving my bishop to c7, the move would be recorded as Bc7. If my piece takes another piece, this attack is marked by an x. So if my Bishop takes any piece on c7, the move would be recorded thusly "Bxc7". 1. The piece I move 2.the fact that he captures something and 3. his destination.

For pawn movements you just state the square the pawn moves to. So my first move was e4, so it's clearly a pawn move because it isn't preceded by a capital letter.

But... if a pawn captures a piece, the moves must include the column designation of the pawn I move (for example e, or a, or g) and then the x to indicate that I captured a piece, and of course the spot where it lands. So if my pawn is moving from e4 to capture a piece on d5 (doesn't matter what the piece is), it is recorded as "exd5"

And if I am putitng the king in check, I put a + at the end of the move. Bc5+ (bishop moves to c5 and checks the King), and when it is checkmate I put a # at the end. Bc5# (Bishop moves to c5 checkmate) or if you want to be really fancy Bxc5# (Bishop captures a piece on c5 and checkmates the King)

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Algebraic chess notation has been around for a while, since 1737 when Phillip Stamma introduced it. Although it didn't catch on very quickly, gradually in the 19th Century, but nearly universally by the middle of the 20th Century. Figurine algebraic notation is language independent, when the players' browsers supports the unicode for chess figures: ♔, ♕, ♖, ♗, ♘, ♙, ♚, ♛, ♜, ♝, ♞, ♟

Other notations in algebraic notation. King side castle 0-0, Queen side castle 0-0-0, pawn promotion has the chosen piece noted after the move, eg, e8Q, en passant is treated differently according to whichever standard, the least ambiguous being the original file letter, an x indicating the capture, the coordinate location of the square to which the capturing pawn moves, optionally followed by e.p., exf6 e.p. End of game, 1-0 for white won, 0-1 for black won, ½-½ for a draw. Slight variations persist in all standards of algebraic chess notation.

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The above information was provided by extrinsic and Zero. I would like to add that if identical pieces (i.e. R=Rook) could move to the same square, then you notate it with either the starting file (a-h) or starting rank (1-8). This occurred earlier when I had rooks on a1 and e1 and I was moving to b1. I had to let Zero know which rook I was moving, and I did so by notating R(rook)e(file it is on)b1(my destination).

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when the players' browsers supports the unicode for chess figures: ♔, ♕, ♖, ♗, ♘, ♙, ♚, ♛, ♜, ♝, ♞, ♟

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Edited to put the unicode in, instead of the boxes/squares.

Anyway,

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Bc4 Be7
5. Ng5 0-0
6. 0-0 d6
7. h3 h6
8. Nf3 Be6
9. d3 d5
10. Bb5 d4
11. Ne2 Bd6
12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. Ng3 Rb8
14. Nh2 Bb4
15. Nh5 Nxh5
16. Qxh5 Rb5
17. a3 Bd6
18. b4 c5
19. Bd2 cxb4
20. Bxb4 c5
21. c4 Rb7
22. Bd2 Rb3
23. Qf3 Bxc4
24. dxc4 Rxf3
25. Nxf3 f5
26. Rfe1 f4
27. Reb1 Qa8
28. Re1 Qb7
29. Bc1

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Bc4 Be7
5. Ng5 0-0
6. 0-0 d6
7. h3 h6
8. Nf3 Be6
9. d3 d5
10. Bb5 d4
11. Ne2 Bd6
12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. Ng3 Rb8
14. Nh2 Bb4
15. Nh5 Nxh5
16. Qxh5 Rb5
17. a3 Bd6
18. b4 c5
19. Bd2 cxb4
20. Bxb4 c5
21. c4 Rb7
22. Bd2 Rb3
23. Qf3 Bxc4
24. dxc4 Rxf3
25. Nxf3 f5
26. Rfe1 f4
27. Reb1 Qa8
28. Re1 Qb7
29. Bc1 Qf7
30. Nd2 Bc7
31. Ra2 Ba5
32. Rc2

For you folks who are just tuning in, welcome, you are watching an enraged Patrick Stewart and an out of sorts William Shatner battle. It was all started when there were two captains and only one captains chair then there was a comment about someone's mother, the rest is now history as they battle to the death.

Now where was I...

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Bc4 Be7
5. Ng5 0-0
6. 0-0 d6
7. h3 h6
8. Nf3 Be6
9. d3 d5
10. Bb5 d4
11. Ne2 Bd6
12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. Ng3 Rb8
14. Nh2 Bb4
15. Nh5 Nxh5
16. Qxh5 Rb5
17. a3 Bd6
18. b4 c5
19. Bd2 cxb4
20. Bxb4 c5
21. c4 Rb7
22. Bd2 Rb3
23. Qf3 Bxc4
24. dxc4 Rxf3
25. Nxf3 f5
26. Rfe1 f4
27. Reb1 Qa8
28. Re1 Qb7
29. Bc1 Qf7
30. Nd2 Bc7
31. Ra2 Ba5
32. Rc2 f3
33. Rd1 fxg2
34. f3 Qh5
35. h4 Bxd2
36. Rxd2 Rxf3

Oh also on 36, which rook took d2?