📝 Reading Chess

📝 Square Names

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Every Square Has an Address

Chess notation is like GPS for the board! Every square has a unique name made of a letter (the file: a-h) + a number (the rank: 1-8). The bottom-left is a1, the top-right is h8. White's view is always a1 at bottom-left.

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Lesson: 📝 Square Names