Manual de Chess King 2015 | Page 156

PART 2 • Learn the “universal language” of chess • By starting on the King's square and going to the board edges, we easily find the letter and number corresponding to that square. In algebraic notation, the square's coordinates are always given with the file's letter first, followed by the rank's number. So the White King's square in the above position is f4. In algebraic notation, the names of the pieces are abbreviated as a single letter: K = King Q = Queen B = Bishop N = Knight (the K is already used by His Majesty!) R = Rook 156 chessking.com