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note that English versions of algebraic notation use the same

abbreviations 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, and piece
names may be combined with a ___location to eliminate ambiguity. 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.

The primary difference between algebraic and descriptive notation is

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From White's perspective, the square notated as "e4" in algebraic notation

is described as "K4" in descriptive notation.

Note that the name for the same square has a different representation depending

on whether the player is Black or White; the square notated as

K4 for White is notated as K5 for Black.

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and as "P-K4" in descriptive notation.

Algebraic notation has the advantageadvantages of havingrepresenting athe shortersame notation, andmoves

with fewer characters (on average), and using the same representation

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

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