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

A more modern notation is the algebraic notation, which has been adopted in most countries.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

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