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'''Descriptive Chess Notation''' is a notation for recording

[[Chess]] games, and at one time the most popular notation for doing so.

Alternate names for this notation include descriptive notation,

English notation, and English descriptive notatinonotation.

It is not used often today (most people today use [[Algebraic chess notation]]), but is still important for understanding older textbooks on Chess.

It is not used often today

(most people today use [[Algebraic chess notation]]),

but is still important for understanding older textbooks on Chess.

Each move in descriptive chess notation

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note that these are similar to algebraic notation except for the

Knight and Pawn.

Special indicators include e.p. (en passant), Ch (Check), and Mate (Checkmate). If the move is a capture, the final square may be indicated by naming the piece being captured rather than by naming the final square. Typically, the move will record only enough information to make the move unambiguous. So, depending on the available possibilities, a pawn capturing a pawn may be noted as "P x P" if that is the only capture possible, or as "QBP x QP" ("Queen's Bishop's Pawn captures Queen's Pawn") if more than one such move is possible.

Special indicators include e.p. (en passant), Ch (Check), and Mate (Checkmate).

The primary difference between algebraic and descriptive notation is

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Algebraic notation has the advantage of having a shorter notation, and

having the same name for the same ___location regardless of player.

''See also:''

*[[Chess]]

(most people today use *[[Algebraic chess notation]]),