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  <p>Which is the best resource to learn chess notation?</p>
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  <p>The best resource which is also free is Appendix C of the <a href="https://old.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&amp;view=article" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Laws of Chess</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Good resource but maybe a little formal for a beginner.
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Answers.Body: <p>Here is a short and interactive <a href="https://odinchess.com/tutorials/PGN-Tutorial" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tutorial</a>. It covers the basics and shows a few examples. I am the author of the tutorial.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You could start just with the wikipedia page here for example: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)</a></p>
  <p>Also there were (at least - could be more) two lessons on the notation on chess.com as you mentioned that page. One is in the guide in the section &quot;Playing the game&quot; and called &quot;The language of chess&quot;. Then there is in the section &quot;Reading the board&quot; the course &quot;Advanced Chess notation&quot;.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I want to learn Chess systematically from the beginning. Although, I have 700+ Elo on chess.com but I think, it is just a random play: sometimes luck and sometimes 4 moves checkmate (Bishop and Queen) helps or sometimes opponent is naïve than me or opponent resigns without playing and I get points.</p>
  <p>Recently, I was reading Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis (and then planning to read Jeremy Silman - How to Reassess Your Chess) as I thought pawns are important part and their movement should be done with conscious choice and not treat them as useless chess pieces.</p>
  <p>But I can't understand all notation while following Andrew Soltis' book:</p>
  <p>I  e4 e5<br />
  2 Nf3 Nc6 -&gt; What does N mean?<br />
  3 Bb5 a6<br />
  4 Ba4 Nf6<br />
  5  o..o Be7 -&gt; what is o..o?<br />
  6 Rel   b5<br />
  7  Bb3   d6<br />
  8 c3   o..o<br />
  9 h3   Bb7
  10 d4  Re8<br />
  11 Nbd2  Bf8<br />
  12  a4 h6<br />
  13  Bc2  exd4 what is x in exd4?
  14 cxd4  Nb4<br />
  15 Bbl  bxa4<br />
  16 Rxa4  a5<br />
  17 Ra3 Ra6 what is a in Ra3 and Ra6?<br />
  18 Nh2 g6</p>
  
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Comments.Text: if you search on youtube you will get a bunch of videos. If there is any youtuber you prefer watching chances are they will have a video on this topic
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Comments.Text: N stands for "kNight". 0-0 is short castling. The Wikipedia article on algebraic notation should be good enough I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)
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Title: What are some good resource to learn chess notation?
ThreadText: # What are some good resource to learn chess notation?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-24)
  
  I want to learn Chess systematically from the beginning. Although, I have 700+ Elo on chess.com but I think, it is just a random play: sometimes luck and sometimes 4 moves checkmate (Bishop and Queen) helps or sometimes opponent is naïve than me or opponent resigns without playing and I get points.
  
  Recently, I was reading Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis (and then planning to read Jeremy Silman - How to Reassess Your Chess) as I thought pawns are important part and their movement should be done with conscious choice and not treat them as useless chess pieces.
  
  But I can't understand all notation while following Andrew Soltis' book:
  
  I e4 e5  
  2 Nf3 Nc6 -> What does N mean?  
  3 Bb5 a6  
  4 Ba4 Nf6  
  5 o..o Be7 -> what is o..o?  
  6 Rel b5  
  7 Bb3 d6  
  8 c3 o..o  
  9 h3 Bb7
  10 d4 Re8  
  11 Nbd2 Bf8  
  12 a4 h6  
  13 Bc2 exd4 what is x in exd4?
  14 cxd4 Nb4  
  15 Bbl bxa4  
  16 Rxa4 a5  
  17 Ra3 Ra6 what is a in Ra3 and Ra6?  
  18 Nh2 g6
  
  **Tags:** notation, recommendations
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: if you search on youtube you will get a bunch of videos. If there is any youtuber you prefer watching chances are they will have a video on this topic  
  > **username_2**: N stands for "kNight". 0-0 is short castling. The Wikipedia article on algebraic notation should be good enough I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_6 on 2021-10-24. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  You could start just with the wikipedia page here for example: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)>
  
  Also there were (at least - could be more) two lessons on the notation on chess.com as you mentioned that page. One is in the guide in the section "Playing the game" and called "The language of chess". Then there is in the section "Reading the board" the course "Advanced Chess notation".
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-10-24. Score: 5
  
  > Which is the best resource to learn chess notation?
  
  The best resource which is also free is Appendix C of the [FIDE Laws of Chess](https://old.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&view=article).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Good resource but maybe a little formal for a beginner.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2021-12-01. Score: 2
  
  Here is a short and interactive [tutorial](https://username_5/tutorials/PGN-Tutorial). It covers the basics and shows a few examples. I am the author of the tutorial.
  
  
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