chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

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DDSCRIPTIVFj NOTA'|ION. sonetimcs called
Anglo lbcrian or Anglo Aoerican notation This
abbrcviated fom ola verbal dcsciption n nearest
i. ihe usvin Bhich. nove {ould be desciibed iI
notarion (iid nolexist For exanple P K4(nsually
pronounced pa$o lo kay iou, mcans pawn to
king s iotrfih square. TIe heart of the synenn fte
double idenrilication of cach squareione nanc h
nred hv whne rh. oiber b! Black.
WHITE
The movcs oI lhe spANrsH oPENI{c would be
sritten I P K4 P-K.1 2N KB3N QB3 3
B N5 (Thele h no leed to Nrite 3 B ON5
because onlyone bishoP can benoled to N5.) Ar
oie tnne the second moves nighl have been
xriilen2 KN 83 QN BSrnnolherbygonePrac_
de was to wrilc. lor exlmplc 1 R Kq inst€ad oI
R K] and thh surviles in the occasio.al Amel
icln R-Kbul is nol recommended as chcs moves
lcnd rhemselves to priDleas efors If two similar
n,e.e\ !:n bc moveJ !o thc sarne ,ouure thc
i.po"u,".q,,* "
gr.n nparen,hr.e\ rhu' ta
n a\er harrouLs^n KNI an! QNI and horhcould
be moved to (N2 lhe desciiplion Nould be
R(KN3) N2 or R(QN2) N2 (or, more recendy.
R/KN3-N2 or R/ON2 N2l. II ihe intention is
clcar rhen pad or rhc depddure \quJrc\ des(nP
honna\ #om trcd.e ! R(ll N2.Caremunhe
raken that no other move fi8 the chosen descri[
tion. For example itwhltc had knighls on d3 and
c3 and Black had pawns onc5, f5, and14 then the
nove in standard not.lio!. Nxl4, is precise ln
descriftive notation NxP, NXBP. and N(Q3)xB?
arc ambiguous: il would be nece$ary to wnle
N(Qll\KBP. N\P(Ba) mrght \ufh.e. bur manv
plale^ arc unsure whether lA4lmern\ Bhcl\ 84
Uinsrhr( n.tanon r rLe describing the lo*tion
.r, h.i.. in reldrh'n\h'. Lo a landm.r[.'lhe Lhnd
DEVELO?MENT 89
bousc afterlhe cro$roadl. The tr.leller nccdsto
bcmovinginlherighldireclion. An.otaroBbave
dilfi.ulty when dncussnrg the inportance ol key
squares. each of Nhich has two nanes. (scc
DESPERADO,aprrce LN'usrorraltped. rhar i\
used h infli.trs muchddmrsei(fossblebeiore it
\ Ldpturcd: J tic.e rhar r flacel .r p,,{. uhen
pi\rns ch.cI its crPlurc ledL] ng ro \talenrare.
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A Fsiiion lrom lhe Camc Ande^sen Ncumann.
BadenB.ded 1870. White hN just capiured a
paNn on e5 dacing tbe knight er t/6.. aod hoping
fortlrc coDrinuation28.. R\e5 29Oxf!Rbcs 30
lxg4i but Black, using his knigbt as a desFrado.
played 28. . . Nxg2 and son easily lticr29 RxbT
7s ll '{9
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A study by roRwrz and cING,l he Ch6s Plolet,
1851 While istoplal and Black hlowinr i Ri8+
l{h7 2 Rhs+ Kg6 3 Rh6+ Kf7 ,l RI6+ Ke7 5
Re6+ Kd7 6 Rd6+ Kc? 7 Rc6+ Kb?. and thc
desperado has had ils day. For a succestul
dcsFrado ol rhn hrd see lhc endgame Resbev
sky Geller under srAL.MAr!.
DEsPRis oPDMNG, 701, named after Mlrcci
DEVELOP, lo bnnS one\ pic.es into Plat during
DELELOPMENT, lhe process oi devclopiog lhe
pieces or the extenl to *hich tncy are developed.
To have the betrer developmeni is to have one\
pieces more efiecrivcly placed, always an adlan-