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If you look carefully at the following table and compare it with the one for Algebraic Notation, you will notice that only the highlighted terms differ - the rest are the same!

Symbol

Meaning

Comment
K King

 
Q Queen  
R Rook  
B Bishop  
N Knight or the alternative 'Kt'
Kt Knight or the alternative 'N'
P Pawn

 
- moves to  
x takes for example 'R x P' stands for 'Rook takes Pawn' and ' 'R x Q' stands for 'Rook takes Queen'
0-0 Castles on the King's side
0-0-0 Castles on the Queen's side
e.p. Pawn takes 'en passant'
ch check  
db ch

double check

  
mate checkmate  

These symbols are placed after a move to comment on its quality

! signifies a good move
!! signifies an outstanding move
? signifies a bad move
?? signifies a blunder
!? signifies an interesting move
?! signifies a dubious move.

The similarity of the two makes things much easier for us.

Let's look again at the opening we used to illustrate Algebraic Form, but this time we will record the moves in Descriptive Form.

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Got that? Good! Now let's move on to the 'Evergreen Game' and see how that looks in Descriptive Notation.

 

 

 

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