Re: how to read a chess game for beginner
- From: David Richerby <davidr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 19 Dec 2005 10:00:27 +0000 (GMT)
Harold Buck <no_one_knows@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> David Richerby <davidr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> All modern books are published in algebraic. I strongly recommend
>> teaching or learning that -- it's *much* more useful than descriptive
>> and it really isn't difficult.
>
> How is it more "useful"? I agree it's much clearer and easier to
> understand, but they both achieve the same purpose of recording the
> moves.
Of course both systems can record any possible move -- that's the whole
point. But algebraic is more useful because, as I said, it's what modern
books are written in. If you can't read algebraic, you can't read any
book published in the last mumble years.
Dave.
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