Manual de Houdini 3 2012 | Page 285

Chess rules (FIDE)

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Example: If there are white pawns on squares c4 and e4 and a black pawn or piece on
the square d5, the notation for White's move is either cxd5 or exd5, as the case may
be.
E11. In the case of the promotion of a pawn, the actual pawn move is indicated,
followed immediately by the first letter of the new piece. Examples: d8Q, f8N, b1B,
g1R.
Essential Abbreviations:
0-0 : castling with rook h1 or rook h8 (kingside castling)
0-0-0 : castling with rook a1 or rook a8 (queenside castling)
x : captures
+ : check
++ : checkmate
e.p. : captures "en passant"
Sample game: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 0-0 5.e4 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bxc3
8.Bxc3 Nxd5 9.Nf3 b6 10.Qb3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 c5 12.Be2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.0-0 Nd7
15.a4 Nc5 16.Qb4 Bb7 17.a5 ... etc.
E12. The offer of a draw shall be marked as (=).

4.21

F: Visually handicapped players
These rules are to be applied as a supplement to FIDE Rules to accomodate the needs
of the visually impaired in competitive games between visually impaired and sighted
players, and between visually handicapped players.
Tournament directors shall have the power to adapt the following rules according to
local circumstances. In competitive chess between sighted and visually handicapped
players (legally blind) either player may demand the use of two boards, the sighted
player using a normal board, the visually handicapped player using one specially
constructed.
The specially constructed board must meet the following requirements:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

At least twenty centimeters by twenty centimeters;
The black squares slightly raised;
A securing aperture in each square;
Every piece provided with a peg that fits into the securing aperture;
Pieces of Staunton design, the black pieces being specially marked.

GENERAL RULES
1. The moves shall be announced clearly, repeated by the opponent, and executed on
his board. To make the announcement as clear as possible, the use of the following
names are suggested instead of the corresponding letters, the algebraic notation to be
used:
A~Anna B~Belia C~Ceasar D~David
E~Eva F~Felix G~Gustav H~Hector
Ranks from white to black receive the German numbers:
1~Eins 2~Zwei 3~Drei 4~Vier
5~Fuenf 6~Sechs 7~Sieben 8~Acht
Castling is announced "Lange Rochade" (German for long castling) and "Kurtze

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