Chess

[thedoc]

P-K4

[TSBU]

why do you want to play here? play in lichess XD.

[duszek]

Can someone translate into the normal chess coordinates ?

[marjoram_blues]

Can someone translate into the normal chess coordinates ?

Wiki has a board layout for descriptive notation; explains how the board squares are named.
See 'Descriptive notation' - also gives Spanish version.
You can probably work it out from there?
I expect someone else knows an easier way...

Oh, I just noticed - scroll down for the equivalent algebraic notation !
Are these 'normal chess chess coordinates' ???

[TSBU]

Can someone translate into the normal chess coordinates ?

white pawn to e 4. (The k is because of king, the p is pawn)

[thedoc]

Yes that is correct, the white Pawn to the 4th square in front of the white king.
It's descriptive notation, and it's normal to me, the question is what is normal to you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_notation

Translating the notation will add time to the moves, and could lead to mistakes.

[marjoram_blues]

Yes that is correct, the white Pawn to the 4th square in front of the white king.
It's descriptive notation, and it's normal to me, the question is what is normal to you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_notation

Translating the notation will add time to the moves, and could lead to mistakes.

Doc, do you have a traditional board ? If so, why can't you add the letter and number coordinates alongside?

[duszek]

1. e2 - e4

2. c7 - c5

I couldn´t have moved the urchin on d7 two spaces because then he would have been taken free of charge. It´s important to place one´s forces in the center.

[marjoram_blues]

1. e2 - e4

2. c7 - c5

I couldn´t have moved the urchin on d7 two spaces because then he would have been taken free of charge. It´s important to place one´s forces in the center.

I've dusted down an old chess 'table' and brought pieces out. Will follow your moves and explanations with increasing excitement, I'm sure !!!

The game is afoot !

[thedoc]

1. e2-e4, c7-c5
2. g1-f3,

[thedoc]

The game is afoot !

Oh My! Another S H fan. Have you ever seen Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes in "The Hound of the Baskervilles? Baker was excellent but the rest of the cast wasn't very good. Sometimes they looked and sounded like they were reading their lines from cue cards.

[marjoram_blues]

The game is afoot !

Oh My! Another S H fan. Have you ever seen Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes in "The Hound of the Baskervilles? Baker was excellent but the rest of the cast wasn't very good. Sometimes they looked and sounded like they were reading their lines from cue cards.

Who, Doc ?

[TSBU]

I think this is going to be quick. What are your aproximated elos if I may ask?

[marjoram_blues]

I think this is going to be quick. What are your aproximated elos if I may ask?

And this is important, why?

[TSBU]

I think this is going to be quick. What are your aproximated elos if I may ask?

And this is important, why?

Lebron James vs me in basketball would be pretty boring. The explanations can be "the rook is better than the bishop" or "this is the best move against the silician operture"