quote: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)
quote: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.
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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Zero, the first, What's Opera, Doc?, is the title of a famous Bugs Bunny (Looney Toons) cartoon - the only one that I am aware of where Bugs actually dies. Bugs looks up as Elmer carries him away and says "Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?"
The second reference was a common response from Eeyore, of Winnie the Pooh fame.
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Zero, I'm so sorry. I never saw that you had moved. All this time I was waiting for you and you must have been waiting for me. My apologies. BTW, I just looked at the "boxes and squares" in the explanation above while on my work computer, and I can now see the pieces. I wonder if it has to do with the computer itself.
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My Internet at home is down right now. Your move surprised me. I think I know what you are up to, but I am not going to be able to move until this evening. Hopefully, I'll get my Internet back up by then.
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Zero, excellent play. I believe you may have beaten me. Give me another day to look things over, but I think this might be the end.
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Yes thanks for the very good game so far. My only advantage is that I have infinite time to consider everything. Were we playing in person, especially with a clock, you would have won a long time ago.
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Thanks for the compliment regarding my chess play. I have also enjoyed our game. Though, after it is over, I believe I will take a break from chess for a while. I knew about Howard Hughes and Melvin Dummar from a 1980 movie, Melvin and Howard. It was an OK movie, I'm not necessarily recommending it - though it was highly regarded by critics. I'm surprised by your move again. Ahh! I see what you're doing. You almost got me. I'm going to try to surprise you now.
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I'm confused because my pawn already occupies f3. Unles syou mean you're taking it, in which case I don't know if it's with the pawn or the knight. I could choose for you... j/k
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And another good move. How will the challenger respond.
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.
Shatner's circling now... Looking for the right move to get his opponent to submit...
While William Shatner circles around, searching for any excuse to rip his shirt off, Patrick Stewart looks to take strategic advantage of his surroundings, relying on his (probably)superior IQ.
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Hey now, let's not get personal - let's make this about Kirk and Picard (Not T.J. Hooker and Professor Xavier). My question is do you think Picard could have beaten Spock at chess?
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