Algebraic Notation: Squares Board is always oriented with a white square at the bottom right. Squares are named from white's perspe­ctive Vertical columns are files, named a-h (always lower case) from left to right Horizontal rows are ranks, named 1-8 from near to far White king begins on square e1 Algebraic Notation: Pieces Piece Code Symbol King K ♔ Queen Q ♕ Rook R ♖ Knight N * ♘ Bishop B ♗ Pawn [no letter] ♙ Pieces are always uppercase.

* In chess problems, "­S" is used to represent the Knight. Algebraic Notation: Moves The notation for a move indicates which piece is moved, and to where: Qa3 Queen moves to a3 Kh6 King moves to h6 b4 Pawn moves to b4 Where two identical pieces could move to the same square, the piece name is followed by its original file (or rank where the file is the same), like so: Rba3 Rook on b file moves to a3 N4f2 Knight on rank 4 moves to f2 cxd5 Pawn on c file takes d5

Algebraic Notation: Symbols x Piece taken e.p. Piece taken en passant + Check # Checkmate = Pawn promotion * 0-0 Castle King-side 0-0-0 Castle Queen-side 1-0 White win ½-½ Draw 0-1 Black win (=) Draw offered * e8=Q means e-file pawn promoted to Queen. The equals is often omitted. Algebraic Notation: Example 1. e4 c5 White pawn to e4; Black pawn to c5 2. Nf3 d6 White knight to f3 3. Bb5+ Bd7 White bishop to b5, Black in check 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 White bishop takes black bishop on d7, black in check; Queens takes d7 bishop 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. 0-0 g6 White castles king-side 8. d4 cxd4 White d4 pawn taken by c-file black pawn 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 Qe6 White knight on d-file to e2 Moves are first ten from Kasparov vs the World, http:/­/bi­t.l­y/1­fOcfIY