Chess Notation in Speech?!
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 57
Asking here before I embarrass myself going first time to the local chess club.
Let's imagine I do not know the name of a specific opening, for example Sicilian defense... How do I verbally express the moves that signify this opening? On the web it's easy: "1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6"... you just write the moves. How does this work live? How do you pronounce the above notation?
"First: e four, c five, second: knight f six, d six"?
This be confusing.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 6,985
Don't say the move numbers.
e four, c five, knight f three, d six, etc. etc. etc.
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 953
And for captures you say "takes" - "Queen takes f4", "e takes d4"
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 57
