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f0\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-453\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100\b {Diagram 1:}\
b0 \par\column\pard\li0\ri0\sl-213\slmult0 \fs18\cf0\par\pard\li0\ri0\sl-213\slm
ult0 \fs18\cf0\par\pard\li0\ri0\sl-213\slmult0 \fs18\cf0\par\pard\li0\ri0\sl-413
\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100\b {Chess Notation Easy}\b0 \par\pard\li466\r
i0\sl-213\slmult0 \fs18\cf0\par\pard\li466\ri0\sl-333\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\chars
calex100\b {Help Guide }\b0 \par\pard\sect\sectd\sbknone\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-266\
slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {White to Move. White has just moved her Pa}
\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {wn up two squares to start the game. If you}\par\pa
rd\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {look down to the bottom
of the board, you\uc1\u8217Xll s}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {ee where there are
alphabetized letters,}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-266\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscal
ex100 {that\uc1\u8217Xs called a file. Now go }\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {ahea
d and look to your left }\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {hand side, and you\uc1\u821
7Xll see some }\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {n
umbers from 1-8, those are ca}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {lled ranks. So take t
he file}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 { letter of which your Pawn}\par\pard\li1133\
ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {moved and combine it with the ran
k of where your pawn is at.}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-213\slmult0 \fs18\cf0\par\pa
rd\li1133\ri0\sl-333\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100\b {Diagram 2:}\b0 \par\p
ard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {Black to Move. The bo
ard has been flippe}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {d upside down so Black is on the
bottom, but}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {it\
uc1\u8217Xs the same idea as in Diagram 1.}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-213\slmult0 \
fs18\cf0\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-333\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100\b {Diagra
m 3:}\b0 \par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {White t
o Move. White has just moved her Kn}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {ight out. To w
rite it in notation, normally}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-266\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\c
harscalex100 {what we would do is take the first letter of }\fs24\cf0\f0\charsca
lex100 {the piece we moved and then combine the file}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280
\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {and rank. But because both King and Knight
both start with K, for the Knight we use N}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0
\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {instead. So it should go Piece, File, Rank.}\par\pa
rd\li1133\ri0\sl-213\slmult0 \fs18\cf0\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-333\slmult0 \fs24\
cf0\f0\charscalex100\b {Diagram 4:}\b0 \par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24
\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {Black to Move. Same idea as in Diagram }\fs24\cf0\f0\cha
rscalex100 {3, Black also has moved out his Knight.}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-213
\slmult0 \fs18\cf0\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-346\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100
\b {Diagram 5:}\b0 \par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-266\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex10
0 {White to Move. White has brought out her Bish}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {op
to put pressure on Blacks Knight. To}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\
cf0\f0\charscalex100 {write it in notation, we want to take the first le}\fs24\c
f0\f0\charscalex100 {tter from the piece, then}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 { writ
e the letter of}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-266\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {
the file it moved to, then the number of the rank}\fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 { i
t moved to as well. The same idea as in}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs
24\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {Diagram 3.}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-213\slmult0 \fs18\cf
0\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-346\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charscalex100\b {Diagram 6:}\b
0 \par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-266\slmult0 \fs22\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {With White mov

ing her bishop to Bb5, it the fi}\fs22\cf0\f0\charscalex100 {nalizing move for t

his special opening that}\par\pard\li1133\ri0\sl-280\slmult0 \fs24\cf0\f0\charsc
alex100 {was the favorite for this Spanish Bishop.}\par}