The Chess Scholar Noviembre - Diciembre 2007 | Page 7

(note: All moves made will be knight. It is written as 2.Nf3.
in bold for our examples).
If we had just written f3 then
that would mean a pawn
moved to that square. By placing the capital N before the
square, we are letting it be
known that it was the knight
that moved there.

Black attacks the bishop with
his pawn. Remember how to
write that?
3…a6. Correct!

The first move of the game is
pawn to e4. We write that as
1.e4

With the moves played so far,
we have reached the opening
position called the Ruy Lopez.
As you can see Black has also
made a knight move. This is
Your score sheet should look
written as 2…Nc6.
like this so far;
1. e4
2. Nf3
3. Bb5

e5
Nc6
a6

Again, not so hard, is it?
Black’s first move is pawn to
e5. That is written as 1…e5.
The three dots mean that it
was Black’s move.
White’s second move was the

In the next issue of the Chess
Scholar we will learn how to
write captures, castling, en
passant and queening a pawn.
White has now moved his
bishop on