No, chess.com doesn't have that option.
Unsure if a converter exists. Probably is one out there but I would imagine the reverse would be easier to find (and a google search turns up a descriptive -> algebraic one).
No, chess.com doesn't have that option.
Unsure if a converter exists. Probably is one out there but I would imagine the reverse would be easier to find (and a google search turns up a descriptive -> algebraic one).
Unless there's a specific reason, you're much better off using algebraic notation. It's like my uncle told me when I considered learning guitar: "Yeah, you're left-handed, but learn to play right-handed. If you learn to play a left handed guitar then try to play anyone else's guitar when your's isn't around, it won't work for you."
I play guitar right-handed.
Those of us who grew up on descriptive, then graduated to algebraic, wonder why algebraic wasn't in vogue from the start.
The only advantage these days to knowing descriptive is you can read the moves in old books written in decscriptive notation.
Lots of places to download games in algebraic. Maybe it's easier to look up the games in your books and just print them out in algebraic. Or just read along with the computer. Heck even the DB at Chess.com probably has most of what you need. I won't even attempt to read descriptive anymore though. I can get by with algebraic just fine; the dozen or so books I have in descriptive are just for decoration now. Why yes I am lazy...
My point is that any games listed in your books can probably be found in algebraic, like these:
Players | Result | Moves | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Capablanca Jose Raul
Villegas Benito H
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 Colle System |
1-0 | 33 | 1941 | |
Capablanca Jose Raul
Forsberg H
1. e3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 Van't Kruijs Opening |
1-0 | 33 | 1941 | |
Capablanca Jose Raul
Celorio Rodriguez Mas
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Ne7 French Defense: Knight Variation, Two Knights Variation |
1-0 | 32 | 1941 | |
Capablanca Jose Raul
Lluis R
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. g3 e6 English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation |
1-0 | 40 | 1941 | |
Capablanca Jose Raul
Rodriguez Carnero A
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 Indian Game: East Indian Defense |
1-0 | 22 | 1941 | |
I've been told by an international arbiter, there's an octogenarian expert in the Madrilenian chess scene (master level decades ago if I remember well), he never bothered to learn algebraic and keeps filling his scoresheets in descriptive, when someone dares to tell him that's illegal he answers with a "shut it up, son of a b****!"
Eddie also here is how descriptive works:
Each file is nominated according to the major piece occupying that file from the start. So e-file is called "K" for King, d-file is "Q" for Queen , The bishop's file on the Kings side = KB, The bishops' file on the Queen side = QB, etc.
Each square is then nominated from the view-point of the player making that move. That means the same square is nominated one way if white puts a piece there and another way if it is black putting a piece there. The square now known as "e4" is K4 for white (4th square up on the King-file) and K5 for black (5th square up on K-file from black's point of view
An example for the Spanish opening. Today we would write 1) e4 e5 2) Nf3 Nc6 3) Bb5 a6 4) Ba4 Nf6
Old school the same moves: 1) P-K4 P-K4 2) Kn-KB3 Kn-QB-3 3) B-N5 P-QR-3 4) B-R4 Kn-KB-3
Kn-KB3 = Knight moves to the King side Bishops 3rd square
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Evening all, does Chess.com have the ability to show moves in descriptive notation? If not, is there a converter from algebric notation to descriptive notation somewhere on the net?
Thanks in advance!