ALGEBRAIC NOTATION

algebric A board location notation in which the ranks are numbered from 1 (white’s home rank) to 8 (black’s home rank), and the files are lettered from `a’ (queen’s rook’s file) to `h’ (king’s rook’s file), and spaces are denoted by their file letter followed by their rank number. The first use of algebraic notation is from a French manuscript written in 1173. The first use of the figurine algebraic notation occurred in Belgium inside L’Echiquier in 1927.

The first use of the figurine algebraic notation occurred in Belgium inside L’Echiquier Belge edited by Edm. Lancel in 1927.

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ALGEBRAIC NOTATION

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