algebraic notation

British  

noun

1. chess the standard method of denoting the squares on the chessboard, by allotting a letter, a, b, c, up to h, to each of the files running up the board from White's side, starting from the left, and a number to each of the ranks across the board, starting with White's first rank

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Example Sentences

We will also begin our use of algebraic notation and vocabulary.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Before we get to it, we need to introduce some algebraic notation.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

All this opens the way to very early algebraic notation, at first using squares and triangles as symbols.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the algebraic notation the files are lettered from a to h, starting from the file on White's left.

From Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership by Lasker, Edward

Ktge2 O—O In most books in which the algebraic notation is used, both squares of a move are written out for the benefit of the student.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.