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board. It is more concise and exact than the first 

 class. 



The following diagram will explain the English 

 or Latin system of notation : 



WHITE. 

 Fig. 2. 



The squares on the first rank are named after the 

 pieces which occupy them at the beginning of the 

 game ; thus ( beginning at the left hand ) the first 

 square is called the queen's rook's square = Q R so., 

 since it is occupied by the queen's rook. The 

 second square is called queen's knight's square = 

 Q Kt sq. ; the third, queen's bishop's square = 

 Q B sq. ; the fourth, queen's square = Q sq., and so 

 on. The squares on the first rank are called home 

 squares. The files are numbered according to their 

 distance from the home square, and take 

 the latter's title. Thus the squares in 

 front of the king's square are called king's 

 second or K 2, Icing s third = K 3, and so 

 on to K 8. Each player numbers the 

 squares from his own side of the board, so 

 that each square has two names (White 

 K B square is Black K B 8, Black Q R4 = 

 White Q R 5, &c. ). A reference to the 

 diagram will make this clear. 



In recording a game, the moves of White 

 and Black pieces are each arranged in 

 column, the name of the piece is then 

 given, and the square is indicated to which 

 it moves e.g. : 



White. Black. 



1. PtoK4. 1. PtoK4. 



2. Kt to K B 3. 2. Kt to Q B 3. 



3. B to B 4. 3. B to B 4. 



4. B takes P(ch.). 4. K takes B. 



Here the figures give the number of the 

 move, and 1 P to K 4 signifies that White 

 for his first move plays a pawn to the 

 king's fourth square. It is not necessary 

 to say which pawn, since only one i. e. the 

 king's pawn can be moved to the king's 

 fourth square. Black then has to play, 

 and makes a similar move, counting from 

 his side of the board. For his second move, 

 White plays his knight to king's bishop's 

 third square, and again it is not necessary 

 to say which knight, since only the king's 

 knight can move to K B 3. Black's second 

 move is his queen's knight to queen's bishop's 

 third square. White's third move is king's bishop 

 to queen's bishop's fourth square. The student 



should follow these moves with a board and men, 

 and will see then that White can only move one of 

 his bishops i.e. the king's bishop and can only 

 move it to one, bishop's fourth square i. e. queen's 

 bishop's fourth. (The queen's bishop cannot of 

 course move at all, until released by the move of 

 either the queen's pawn or queen's knight's pawn. ) 

 Black's third move requires no further explanation. 

 White's fourth move, 4 B takes P (ch. ), means that 

 his bishop captures one of the enemy's pawns and 

 gives check. It is not necessary to say which 

 pawn, since only one can be captured i.e. Black's 

 king's bishop's pawn. For his fourth move, Black 

 has little choice ; he must avoid the threat of 

 capture, and he does so by taking the checking 

 piece i.e. king takes bishop. 



The English notation is shortened in some cases as 

 follows, the same moves being recorded in each case : 



(a) 



White. 

 P - K4. 

 Kt - K B 3. 

 B - B 4 



B x P(ch.). 



Black. 



1. P - K 4. 



2. Kt - Q B 3. 



3. B - B 4. 



4. K x B. 



Here the dash - signifies 'to,' and x signifies 

 ' takes. ' The numbers of Black's moves are omitted, 

 since they correspond with those of White. 



(b) In some cases the dash is omitted, and the 

 moves recorded simply P K 4, Kt K B 3, B B 4, &c. 



(c) The moves are arranged in line, White's 

 move being first, thus : 1 P to K 4, P to K 4, 2 Kt 

 to K B 3, Kt to Q B 3, 3 B to B 4, B to B 4, 4 B 

 takes P(ch.), K takes B. 



(d) The moves are written in the form of a 

 fraction, White's move being the numerator, and 

 Black's the denominator, and the number of the 

 move is denoted by a figure prefixed e.g : 



P-K4 Kt-KB3 B-B4 A BxP(ch.) 

 -K4 ; 



1. 



2. 



3.- 



4. 



Kt-Q B3' U 'B-B4' * KxB 

 We give a diagram of the board after the above 

 moves have been played : 



BLACK. 



WHITE. 

 Fig. 3. Position after Black's Fourth Move. 



The German notation (known sometimes as 

 Philidor's, from having been used in that master's 

 treatises on chess) consists in denoting the ranks 



