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To write down a move, give the capital letter of the piece followed by the square it goes to e.g. Qe4 means that the Queen goes to e4. Bb6 means that the bishop goes to b6. Remember that the piece is represented by a capital letter B bishop but the letter used for the square is a small letter as in b6
We do not write P for pawn. We simply give the square it moves to e6 means that a pawn has moved to e6
In diagram 3 below black has moved his pawn to e6 so this is written e6.
Diagram 2 Nf3 Diagram 3 e6
Diagram 4 e4 white pawn moves to e4 Diagram 5 Bc5 black bishop to b5
When a pawn makes a capture the pawn is indicated with a small letter by the file that it stands on . A pawn standing on b2,b3,b4,b5,b6 or b7 is called a b pawn.
You write down the pawn's file letter,followed by X,followed by the square that captured man stands on. bxc5 means that the a pawn on the b file has captured a piece and now stands on c5.
Diagram 6 shows a new position from a different game. Diagram 7 Bxf6 Bishop captures a piece on f6
Diagram 8 dxc6 The d pawn captures a piece on c6
Diagram10 Again this is a position from a new game Diagram 11 Black castles on the queen's side.
Once again there is a special way of writing it 0-0-0
White's a pawn now captures black's b pawn en passant. White's pawn now stands on a6 so we write axb6
When you look at diagram 16 remember that the pawn being captured used to stand on b5.
Now this can be confusing because the capturing pawn does not stand on the square of the pawn being captured.
Remember we write down the letter of the capturing pawn (letter a in this case), x and the square that the pawn moves to (b6 in this case)
