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so, the board numeric/lettering is messed up. That move would have been g4 on a normal chess board
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The board reverses after each move.
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very confusing
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if it wouldn't flip, black would have to play upside down which I deemed to be more confusing
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Hm, I see.
Still new to this, we'll see how I fare
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e6
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1.b4 e6
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B. b2
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b b2
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Clearly I suck at this
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Chess Notation
Piece Representation
- King:
K
- Queen:
Q
- Rook:
R
- Bishop:
B
- Knight:
N
- Pawn: No letter (just the move)
Move Types
- Standard Move (Piece to Square):
Nf3
(Knight to f3) - Pawn Move:
e4
(Pawn to e4) - Capturing Moves:
- Pawn Capturing:
exd4
(Pawn on e-file captures on d4) - Piece Capturing:
Nxd4
(Knight captures on d4)- File Ambiguity:
Nfxd4
(Knight from f-file captures on d4) - Rank Ambiguity:
N3xd4
(Knight from rank 3 captures on d4) - Both Ambiguous:
Nf3xd4
(Knight from f3 captures on d4)
- File Ambiguity:
- Pawn Capturing:
- Castling:
- Kingside:
O-O
- Queenside:
O-O-O
- Kingside:
- Pawn Promotion:
a8=Q
(Pawn moves to a8 and promotes to Queen) - Check: Add
+
after the move, e.g.,Nf7+
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that's ok, once the game starts you only need to type the move, like b2 in the comment.
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Bb2
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1.b4 e6 2.Bb2
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d5
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1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 d5
1.b4
e5
to continue the game. See here for details.