NOTATIONS??

can anybody tell me how to read these notations??

1 P-B6

1   K*P

2P-R7 P-R8(Q)!

i mean d0nt know about these notations and i wana know about all..

well i have a book who has these kind of notations on problems so it would be good if i get to know about them..

Hi Baljinder. What you're looking at is the older descriptive notation for chess. In this notation, each square on the board has two names--one from black's point of view, and one from white's point of view. The rows on the board are numbered: 1 for the closest row to one's end of the board, 2 for the next closest, and so on, until you get to 8 which names the row closest to your opponent's end of the board. Thus at the start of the game both black and white have their own pieces on row 1, while their opponent's pieces are on row 8. The files on the board are named for the piece that occupies that file at the start of the game. So, if you're playing white, the file to your extreme left is the queen-rook file, the next one over is the queen-knight file, and so on. You indicate moves in this notation by indicating what piece or pawn is being moved to which square. Thus the opening move e4 would be written as P-K4. The P stands for pawn, and the K4 refers to the square (from white's point of view) to which the pawn was moved. But notice that on black's next move, if it is e5, this too will be written as P-K4, because from black's point of view his king-pawn went to the fourth row as well. In descriptive notation, there is a tendency to simplify the description of moves. Thus the first knight one brings out has to be given a full description--as in, for example, N-KB3. (K stands for king, N for knight, and B for bishop). But if you were now to bring out your other knight, all you would have to say is N-B3, since only the queen's bishop square is open at this point. Captures are described, as in algebraic notation, with a small x, but the pieces involved are mentioned, rather than the squares. So PxP is a very common move, for example, but what it means precisely can only be seen from looking at the position on the board at that point. (And if there is more than one pawn capture available, then you need to specify which pawn is captured by mentioning either the name of the pawn or the square involved--as in, for example, PxBP or PxP(QR4).) The second example you refer to above is non-standard, but I presume it means KxP, or "king takes pawn". The last move you mention above--P-R8(Q)--refers to a pawn's being promoted to a queen after it has reached the 8th row. I hope this helps a bit. (For my part, I'm so old that descriptive notation is still what I'm most comfortable with, although I'm getting more used to algebraic notation, and do recognize its advantages.) Ron

hard to get really..but thanks..i think i have to do your explanation with board and peices

but thanks

The first is pawn to Bishop's six, which means whichever pawn can go to f6 or c6 (assuming you're White) will. If you're Black, then it means f3 or c3. Only one pawn should be able to move there.

The second is King takes pawn, so whichever pawn the King can take, let it.

The third is pawn to Rook's seven, so proceed with whichever pawn can move to a7 or h7 (a2 or h2 if Black).

The final is pawn to Rook's eight, promotes to Queen. Whichever Rook pawn is one move from promoting, let it promote, now.

Thanks Sir!