Chess Notation Downloaded from Chess.Com

Hi All, Quick small question here that has me confused ... can someone please look at my game here and explain to me the output of the download of data from chess.com to which only notates CxD4 ... I do not understand how this can be written as such for if you were to look at the game here below you will see that a pawn can take D4 (which is on the C file) "as well" there is a Knight on the C file that can as well take the pawn on D4 ... so my confusion and question is yes i would normally in case of dual options write long notation however chess.com output / download of data file of notation is showed as below:

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ne5 8.

O-O-O Nf6 9. f4 Neg4 10. Bg1 a5 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Nhxg4 14. Be2 h5

15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. f5 Bh6 0-1

It only says CxD4 on move three (3) and this to me is not clear more so I just want to understand what I am missing or not understanding as I relay on output of such upon teaching chess.

Thank you so much in advance.

In chess notation, lowercase letters denote pawns.

So the move "3...cxd4" means the pawn on the c-file takes a piece on d4.  If the knight were to take, it would have to be notated "3...Nxd4".

Consider this broad example for clarification between uppercase and lowercase:

• bxc3 = a pawn on the b-file takes on the c3 square.
• Bxc3 = a bishop takes on the c3 square.

It doesn't say Cxd4 it says cxd4. In notation it will always use a lowercase letter as the file where the pawn is capturing from. If a piece is doing the capture then the piece will be noted with an uppercase character. In your case the knight which was also able to capture would have been a notation of Nxd4. But the knight did not do the capture, the c pawn did.

Rook takes would be Rxd4.  Bishop Bxd4. Queen Qxd4. King Kxd4... Knight is N because King is K.  At least in English...

Alramech and 1g1yy ...

Nice!  Thank you ... I am reading both your data and at a glance things are making sense!  and I am actually learn something here as I dont use that notation but long usually ... very nice!  Thank you both ... should i have further need to clarify i will ping back but from both data above ... this is great ... thank you!

Side note: I wanted to respond to each your post individually but cant find how other then a smile face/icon or something ... is the the way forum set up a new box for every response? Thx.!

Ah to respond to each person response I think i am to use quote ... thank you again!

@USA-dragon: You can cite a name (e.g., @1g1yy) by putting an at-sign @ just in front of the name.

I got a notification on this due to being mentioned above.  Just don't follow the user name with a period or it won't make it a notification.