If you can go to settings you have a choice on board & pieces to set the co-ordinates inside or outside of you chosen board . . .
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Any tricks to learn chess notation
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It helps to associate some context with the areas of the board.
For example, if you play King's pawn openings, you're more likely to know where e4 is than some other random square.
As for your specific example of g6, I think of the g-file as "the file where my King winds up when I castle kingside."
The more you play, and the more different kinds of openings and positions that you play, the more of this kind of context you'll have and the easier it will be to remember the squares.
I think it's just s case of practice. I get this naturally because when I do puzzles or I'm calculating in a game I dont just visualise the squares, I think through the coordinates as well, so I'll I'll think 'bishop takes g6, knight takes g6'. It means I'm constantly visualising squares and their coordinates. It slows me down a bit but I dont play short time controls.
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When I started playing chess I was so amazed at people who can play it blindfolded. Fast forward ~10k games later, I can sorta play blindfolded. Just keep on playing, you will remember them after so many games 
samchessman123 wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have never had chess lessons in my life, just played for fun. Now I thought of learning the basics by watching youtube videos and asking for help in this forum, I finally realised even though I hate it I have to learn chess notations to progress. If you have seen my threads you know how bad I'm at notation making a mistake in every thread, worst of all in the title lol. Without saying practice is their any tricks or tips to learn chess notation.
1. Example if someone says g6,. I will go a, b, c, d, e,f,g counte every file before coming to g, then count every rank before coming to 6. How do you move to that square instantly from your mind. Any tricks beside practice. Thanks a lot.
You really don't need to do intentional practice with chess coordinates; as you play more games you will naturally learn to recognise all the squares on sight. I have never tried practicing coordinate recognition, but I still picked up the coordinates no problem
Hey thanks for all the helpful replies. This is my biggest question to you all, which I forgot to post in first post.
1. When you guys look at coordinates, do you think from white side facing you or black side facing you? I have to learn 2 types of space recognition if I have to look from 2 sides, isn't that difficult. Because let's see a6 square is left side when I'm playing white, but right side when I'm playing black, this makes it even more difficult for me. Thanks
My coordinate recognition is weaker when I'm playing with black. My guess is most people will have a stronger and weaker side and black is probably weaker. White is more natural as its left to right and bottom to top.
Just to add to @Ellipsoul's comment. I can touch type. I've never learned. I've used computers for years and my fingers just drop onto the correct keys without me looking. I think coordinates are similar. It slowly strengthens through play.
Hello everyone,
I have never had chess lessons in my life, just played for fun. Now I thought of learning the basics by watching youtube videos and asking for help in this forum, I finally realised even though I hate it I have to learn chess notations to progress. If you have seen my threads you know how bad I'm at notation making a mistake in every thread, worst of all in the title lol. Without saying practice is their any tricks or tips to learn chess notation.
1. Example if someone says g6,. I will go a, b, c, d, e,f,g counte every file before coming to g, then count every rank before coming to 6. How do you move to that square instantly from your mind. Any tricks beside practice. Thanks a lot.