After playing chess for a while, you might want to remember how you got into position to learn what happened and why it happened. This is where using Chess Notation is key for learning more. I am not the best at taking notes and I have to do the same thing you are learning start now to check my notations. Capital letters are used for pieces as follows: K: King Q: Queen R: Rook B: Bishop N: Knight P: Pawn (although, by convention, P is usually omitted from notation). How to Write a Move To write a move, give the name of the piece and the square to which it moves. If a piece is captured, we include the symbol x for "captures" before the destination square. Special Symbols x: captures 0-0: king side castle 0-0-0: queen side castle +: check #: checkmate !: good move ?: poor move more !s and ?s can be added for emphasis. For Example (1.Nf3 Nf6) is the first turn of both white Nf3 and black Nf6. The number is how many turns it is. 1 is tu...