Answers.Body: <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_notation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Descriptive Notation</a>. It is an alternative notation for recording chess games. </p>
  
  <p>From Wikipedia:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Descriptive notation is a notation for recording chess games, and at
    one time was the most popular notation in English- and
    Spanish-speaking countries (Brace 1977:79–80) (Sunnucks 1970:325). It
    was used in Europe until it was superseded by algebraic notation,
    introduced by Philipp Stamma in 1737.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The abbreviation TR seems to refer to the spanish descriptive notation:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The initials are taken from the equivalent Spanish words: dama for
    queen, rey for king, torre for tower (i.e. rook), caballo for horse
    (i.e. knight), alfil for bishop and peón for pawn. The files are named
    after the initials of the pieces on the back rank, with those on the
    queen's side being suffixed by the letter "D" and those on the king's
    side suffixed by the letter "R". From left to right along the back
    rank, this gives: <strong>TD, CD, AD, D, R, AR, CR, TR</strong>.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Answers.Text: I'm not sure why you would use such annotations at the and of an analysis though. It might refer to something else. Without having an example of where this is seen it is hard to tell.
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Answers.Text: That doesn't make much sense after a move in figurine algebraic as in his example.
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Answers.Text: I don't think the answer is correct.
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Answers.Text: After seeing the example (which was posted after my wild guess) I too think that my answer is not correct.
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Answers.Text: @Adrenaxus then maybe delete it…
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Answers.Body: <p>Tr.: Truncated Buchholz (1st tie-breaking system used here)
  The truncated Buchholz corresponds to the sum of the points scored by the opponents encountered by removing the score of the opponent who scored the fewest points.
  Example: we take the Buchholz of Jamal (28). If we remove the score of the opponent who scored the fewest points (Hovhannes – 1 point), we obtain a truncated Buchholz of 27</p>
  
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Answers.Text: This would make sense if the TR were in the context of tournament standings, but not in the middle of a showing an alternative line in the annotation of a game.
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Body: <p>I've seen commentators use this symbol at the end of their analysis but I don't know what it means.  Does anyone know?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Do you have an example where this symbol is used?
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Comments.Text: ♘e2 ( 15. ♔b1 TR)  As you can see this is algebraic notation so it is not the TR mentioned in the answer by Adrenaxus
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Comments.Text: Maybe it has something to do with transposition? Like the sideline will transpose into the same position as the main line.
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Comments.Text: Good guess but I checked.  The lines where this comes after don't seem to  be transposing into anything that has been discussed before.
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Comments.Text: Initials of the author, editor, player, author of another book that was mentioned, or other possible source of the suggested move 15.Kb1? Needs more of the text.
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Comments.Text: Too Risky? Just my WAG.
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Comments.Text: Some context might help. Maybe  if you could give us the position in which the notation 15. ♔b1 TR is used, we could try to guess what it means.
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Comments.Text: Depends on the context. Could mean anything.
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Comments.Text: Not nearly enough context was given in the example, but I'm wondering if the 'TR' could be  'TN' = "Theoretical Novelty" in a language other than English., considering it was put after an alternative move 15.
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Tags: <analysis><notation><annotation>
Title: What does the annotation symbol "TR" mean?
ThreadText: # What does the annotation symbol "TR" mean?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-17)
  
  I've seen commentators use this symbol at the end of their analysis but I don't know what it means. Does anyone know?
  
  **Tags:** analysis, notation, annotation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Do you have an example where this symbol is used?  
  > **username_0**: ♘e2 ( 15. ♔b1 TR)  As you can see this is algebraic notation so it is not the TR mentioned in the answer by username_7  
  > **username_2**: Maybe it has something to do with transposition? Like the sideline will transpose into the same position as the main line.  
  > **username_0**: Good guess but I checked.  The lines where this comes after don't seem to  be transposing into anything that has been discussed before.  
  > **username_3**: Initials of the author, editor, player, author of another book that was mentioned, or other possible source of the suggested move 15.Kb1? Needs more of the text.  
  > **username_4**: Too Risky? Just my WAG.  
  > **username_4**: Some context might help. Maybe  if you could give us the position in which the notation 15. ♔b1 TR is used, we could try to guess what it means.  
  > **username_5**: Depends on the context. Could mean anything.  
  > **username_6**: Not nearly enough context was given in the example, but I'm wondering if the 'TR' could be  'TN' = "Theoretical Novelty" in a language other than English., considering it was put after an alternative move 15.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_7 on 2017-02-17. Score: 2
  
  [Descriptive Notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_notation). It is an alternative notation for recording chess games.
  
  From Wikipedia:
  
  > Descriptive notation is a notation for recording chess games, and at
  > one time was the most popular notation in English- and
  > Spanish-speaking countries (Brace 1977:79–80) (Sunnucks 1970:325). It
  > was used in Europe until it was superseded by algebraic notation,
  > introduced by Philipp Stamma in 1737.
  
  The abbreviation TR seems to refer to the spanish descriptive notation:
  
  > The initials are taken from the equivalent Spanish words: dama for
  > queen, rey for king, torre for tower (i.e. rook), caballo for horse
  > (i.e. knight), alfil for bishop and peón for pawn. The files are named
  > after the initials of the pieces on the back rank, with those on the
  > queen's side being suffixed by the letter "D" and those on the king's
  > side suffixed by the letter "R". From left to right along the back
  > rank, this gives: **TD, CD, AD, D, R, AR, CR, TR**.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_7**: I'm not sure why you would use such annotations at the and of an analysis though. It might refer to something else. Without having an example of where this is seen it is hard to tell.  
  > **username_3**: That doesn't make much sense after a move in figurine algebraic as in his example.  
  > **username_8**: I don't think the answer is correct.  
  > **username_7**: After seeing the example (which was posted after my wild guess) I too think that my answer is not correct.  
  > **username_9**: @username_7 then maybe delete it…  
  
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  ### Answer by username_10 on 2024-08-19. Score: -1
  
  Tr.: Truncated Buchholz (1st tie-breaking system used here)
  The truncated Buchholz corresponds to the sum of the points scored by the opponents encountered by removing the score of the opponent who scored the fewest points.
  Example: we take the Buchholz of Jamal (28). If we remove the score of the opponent who scored the fewest points (Hovhannes – 1 point), we obtain a truncated Buchholz of 27
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_6**: This would make sense if the TR were in the context of tournament standings, but not in the middle of a showing an alternative line in the annotation of a game.  
  
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