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  2. Chess notation - Wikipedia

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    The notation for chess moves evolved slowly, as these examples show. The last is in algebraic chess notation; the others show the evolution of descriptive chess notation and use spelling and notation of the period. 1614: The white king commands his owne knight into the third house before his owne bishop. 1750: K. knight to His Bishop's 3d.

  3. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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    It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE, [2] the international chess governing body. An early form of algebraic notation was invented by the Syrian player Philip Stamma in the 18th century. In the 19th century, it came into general use in German chess ...

  4. Portable Game Notation - Wikipedia

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    Portable Game Notation (PGN) is a standard plain text format for recording chess games (both the moves and related data), which can be read by humans and is also supported by most chess software. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

  5. List of fairy chess pieces - Wikipedia

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    Alternate notation: ~ 0/2 Dabbaba-checker: D[cl]W: A Dabbaba that can also capture an enemy piece by leaping over it. This piece can potentially capture 2 enemy pieces at a time, one by jumping over it and the other by landing on it. Dabbabante ~ 0/2n (0,2n) Dabbabante Chess (V.R. Parton 1971)

  6. ICCF numeric notation - Wikipedia

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    ICCF numeric notation is the official chess notation system of the International Correspondence Chess Federation. The system was devised for use in international correspondence chess to avoid the potential confusion of using algebraic notation , as the chess pieces have different abbreviations depending on language.

  7. Portable Draughts Notation - Wikipedia

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    2-19: future chess expansion; 20: 10 × 10 draughts (international) 21: English draughts (kings only move 1 step at a time) 22: Italian draughts (as English, Men cannot take kings, must capture max) 23: American pool draughts (as 10 × 10, not obliged to take max) 24: Spanish pool draughts (as 10 × 10 rules, but men cannot capture backwards)

  8. Fairy chess piece - Wikipedia

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    Bex notation also adds many extensions for indicating different modes of capture: where a simple c describes replacement capture as in chess, the notations [ca], [cw], [cl] describe capture by approach, withdrawal, leaping over, etc. [crM] describes rifle capture (i.e. annihilating enemy pieces without moving), and specifies with the atom M it ...

  9. Chess annotation symbols - Wikipedia

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    [2] + − Decisive advantage for White White has a winning advantage. [2] − + Decisive advantage for Black Black has a winning advantage. [2] ∞ Unclear Unclear position: It is unclear who (if anyone) has an advantage. [2] Often used when a position is highly asymmetrical, e.g. Black has a ruined pawn structure but dangerous active piece ...