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How chess moves are written
One page that explains how chess moves are written down, so a grown-up and a child can read the answers to the chess puzzles together.
Free to print and share. Black and white prints fine unless the sheet says color.
What's on it
- Every square has a name: a letter for the column (a to h) and a number for the row (1 to 8).
- A move is the piece letter and the square it goes to: Qg6 means "the queen moves to g6".
- The piece letters K, Q, R, B and N, and pawns, which have no letter.
- The extra marks: x takes, + check, # checkmate, ! a good move, and … for Black's move.
- A Mate in Two answer, read line by line.
How to use it
- Read it with your child before the first Mate in Two sheet.
- Keep it next to the puzzles while you check the answers.
- Children who know the moves can try writing their own games down this way.