algebraic notation

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

Example Sentences

In La géométrie Descartes introduces what has become standard algebraic notation.

From Literature

So, using Euclid’s original declaration that “whenever the sum of doubles is a prime number, the product of the sum multiplied by the highest double is a perfect number,” and adding modern algebraic notation, we can arrive at the much more concise statement.

From Literature

Then you can just use standard algebraic notation to move your pieces, prefacing every instruction with the command "@fbchess."

From The Verge

Our ideas are simply the algebraic notation of our impressions and movements.

From Project Gutenberg

The algebraic notation, considered as a philosophical language, is perfect in its adaptation to the subjects for which it is commonly employed, namely those of which the investigations have already been reduced to the ascertainment of a relation between numbers.

From Project Gutenberg