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NOTE:

it is possible for us to have two or more of the same pieces which can land on the same square. we have to identify the square it is moving from to the square it is going to to.

Take the move Nf3 for example. If there was a knight at d2 and another knight at g1, then we need to show which one made the move. This is done by placing a character (i.e either the rank or file the piece is on) after the piece symbol.

Most times the file of the moving piece is used.
Example: Ngf3 . This shows that the knight on
the g file moved to f3.

okay

so how does one describe or use this symbols?

To describe a move,

A move is described by the piece that is
moving and the destination square .i.e the square it is landing on or moving to

An example: Nf3 . the ' N' means
that a Knight is moving. The ' f3 ' means the
square that the Knight is moving to.

Pawn moves are very different like i said earlier.

A Pawn move is described or recorded just by the destination square i.e the square the pawn is moving to or is landing on

Example: e4 . In this case, the fact that there is
no piece symbol (like K,Q etc) before the e4 tells us that a Pawn is moving.
The ' e4 ' tells us that the Pawn is moving to the
e4 square.


The picture below shows the pawn has moved from it's original position on e2 to the e4 square.

the 3rd and 4th pic describes how the night moves from it's original square on g1 to f3

continuation.....



chess notations comes in different forms but the most common and widely used is the algebraic notation.

The pieces (apart from the pawn) are identified by an upper case letter, usually the first letter of the piece in question.

here are our symbols used in algebraic notation.

K refers to the King

Q refers to the Queen

B refers to the Bishop

N refers to the Knight ( the letter K as already been assigned to the King so the second letter in the word Knight has been used to identify the piece)

R refers to the Rook

'x' means to take or capture ( this sign is usually used when a piece is about to take another piece)

'+' refers to when the king is under check.

# refers to Checkmate

= sign is used when a pawn wants to promote to another piece

O-O This refers to king side castling the reason for this two "o"s is because the rook moves two squares before he meets the king

O-O-O This refers to the queen side castling the reason for this 3 'o's is because the Rook moves three spaces before he meets the king.

e.p. means en passant the special move by the pawn.

( sorry i know i haven't touched on this yet but you will understand as i go further)


1-0 this means that black has either lost the game by checkmate or resignation( 1 win for white 0 for black)

0-1 this means that white has either lost the game by resignation or checkmate (0 for white and 1 win for black)

1/2 -1/2 This means there is a draw between black and white.

as for the pawn it is identified by the square it moves to like i said before notations deals with ranks and files and the letters of the files come first before the numbers.

for example g5 is indicated in the picture below.
you trace from g file to the 5th rank.

goofyone:
Where is the teacher??

i'm here

Hello,want to join the class? u are free just seat by and watch


sorry everyone for my off and on absence.

VERDICT

M.I your turn as come

From the comments above i have come up with the following

Hair do- nice

Accessories - nothing much said about this except the shades which looked kinda weird. so i give him an "okay" for this

Shoes- on point

The not-so-good

The blazer abi the jacket - colour combo seems quite weird as the white on white with the blue and black blazer seems off. A darker colour would have seemed better. The blazer itself looks a bit tight as well.

Pose and facial expression: This is very terrible and i guess this is the work of the photographer in question. Maybe the photographer they beef with M.I to display such photo online

In general, he doesn't look that bad

I would have fined you for such colour combo and pose but has this is the new month new year season i 'm letting you go but on a SERIOUS WARNING Please DON'T TRY IT NEXT TIME!!!

Thanks for the comments


Next pic please

Revolva:
tribal bigot...see dem shame..look she may be bearing duru for now...in the next 50 years she go change name and bone naija...Mr igbotic she dey feed u?

Damn

LMAO! Nlanders chai


Seriously when you leave the country abroad no one cares what tribe or country you are from, to those over there you are BLACK. I doubt if she has been to her parents home country before and some people are already claiming her

bangleslover welcome back to the thread, nice to see you again

nimen thanks

as for the pic, he looks nice in a way.

but why wear white shirt and then white trousers again? Then blue jacket? i don't get the combo here, his pose looks funny and his facial expression worse.

missjenna:
Thanks

hi

is it possible for you to direct me to where you got those chimamanda quotes and the one on your profile please. Thanks

"if you can sing why do you come on nl forming?"and then you created your own rap thread

You put a competition with no awards, no judges, you didn't even bother to know if was on the right section?

Don't you know there is a rap battle section under the music section?

JUNIT1:
If you people could sing, you wouldnt be on nairaland forming, you would be making real cash.

who is this one?

VERDICT

From the comments above. here is the verdict:


Lupita you have done it again, so much better than what you wore for the golden globes award. i guess you took our advice

You look stunning nothing much to fault here, dress matches your physique and the colour as well.

In all, you look so on point


Thanks everyone for your comments

NEXT PIC PLS

Getting tired of this people posting ads here. Does this place look like the ads section? Can't you just follow simple rules?

esource or whatever your name is why are you displaying your photo here? Do u want us to access you or what? Please do the needful and edit your post,if you don't want to be banned.

The rules again please for all new comers in the house and to remind everyone that the rules still stand.

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carefree why? not you too

chessguru:
Hey, Howdy... i am online, iam on time... still shinning Check my profile http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=8504458 i am still very much active. LOL.

chessguru:
joywendy and jayriginal how have you guys ben??

heyy!!!!

i have been good.

glad you are back.

nice profile on FIDE. So i can call you an AIM

2. CHESS NOTATION

Originally, i was planning on expatiating on this, under rank and files because the chess notation itself deals with ranks and files. But then again the chess notation is more than just ranks and files. It is so broad that there are various books and articles on them as we have various notations in chess. I just have to mention this a bit when talking about ranks and files so it would be easier to understand.

This is the beginner class so i will just brief you on the most common and used notation.

First of all what is a chess notation?

Like i said earlier :It is used To describe where pieces are on the chessboard i.e the positions of the pieces on board and also to record the moves made in a game of chess.

Chess notation is the best way to keep track
of games, so that you can replay them to know your strength and weakness, understand mistakes, even to impress that guy or babe somewhere (reader discretion is advised, if it goes wrong no come here oh ) etc

sorry yall i was a bit tired yesterday evening, so i couldn't post like i promised. my apologies

continuation.....
We use these numbers and letters on the (rank and files)to describe where pieces are on the chessboard.
(THIS IS REFERRED TO AS THE CHESS NOTATION)

The picture below shows the name of all the squares on the chess board.

Notice how the letter always comes first and the
number follows it.

i.e the Rank letter first then the File number.

so if i say b6.

i mean B File 6th Rank.

Trace where B file is to the 6th rank



i know some people will look at this and be like "wetin be this?" But to be honest, it isn't hard at all. With constant practice you will get the hand of it

haywhy28:
Are you guys for real? Am seeing black and blue.

i have seen this pic

yes oh... white and gold. though the jacket isn't really white but somewhat silver/ash

Tilted my phone a bit and i was able to see the blue and black you guys are talking off.

would come back later in the evening to finish up on ranks and files and go on to the next terms.

thanks @chessguru nice to see you once again

LESSON 4: CHESS TERMINOLOGIES

Now that we have gotten the arrangement and basic movement of each piece. There are some chess terms that a chess player supposed to know.

so we will be discussing them in this lesson



1. Ranks and files : I have already explained this before in the previous lesson. But has a good reminder to us all. I would like us to put this mind
Thos term is actually a term
Ranks refers to rows
Files refer to columns

Ranks numbered 1-8.
Each chessboard has eight
ranks, which are numbered from the bottom
of the board (where the white pieces start)
on up.

Files lettered A-H

so don't act all surprised when i start using those terms

It is Oscar time!!!

To clear our eyes of what is above, I got a photo of guess who? The famous and gorgeous Kenyan Actress Lupita yes lupita again at the red carpet during the Oscars.

what do you all think?

nice one.

lion042:
How much is inside the wallet?

can’t you read

icebebe:
bless u





U fink if she has a husband to takecare of,a home to run,kids to cater,families are dere too and her job too
she'd av time to still hit d gym at anytime of her will? Story...

what about omotola? kaffy? Annie idiba?

cao:
My sister, everything is now GEJ this and GMB that, I keep wondering if they're getting paid for this or it's one weird virtual version of Tourette's...

Very annoying indeed

Definitely both

GIYAZZ:
Aight, I keep that to mind.

Giyazz wassup?

mmmm.....

realGURU:
Gej is a virus that penetrated and destroy the immunity of every sector of the nigerian govt , it can no longer tackle infections like insecurity, unemployment, lack o f electricity etc. An anti virus that been tested, proven, and trusted in the late 80s ,90s and still active today has been remembered and it will be auction on 28th of next month there4 use ur PVC smartly to purchase, store it and use untill all the infection unleashed by gej is treated and no new cases reported.

guy you miss road?

inuma and coloursnbrushes

pls this thread is not for adverts. I advise you go to the fashion market of nairaland to advertise your product. pls edit your post if you don't want to be banned.

Thank you

I think the vacuum of this much needed
alternative could be filled if the remaining 12
political parties take responsibility. I do not
understand how they just disappeared from our
political space. Why are they missing in action at
a time when we most need them to 'show
working'?

Exactly!! I keep asking myself where are the remaining parties

This is the time we need them most, are they just there for decoration?

why aren't they campaigning?

why are they all silent?

Arbiola:
Lol, GMB till d second coming of christ

Another robot