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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Algebraic Notation: Squares}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Board is always oriented with a white square at the bottom right.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Squares are named from white's perspective} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Vertical columns are files, named a-h (always lower case) from left to right} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Horizontal rows are ranks, named 1-8 from near to far} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{White king begins on square e1} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.3731 cm} x{1.69349 cm} x{1.51041 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Algebraic Notation: Pieces}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Piece}} & {\bf{Code}} & {\bf{Symbol}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} King & K & ♔ \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Queen & Q & ♕ \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Rook & R & ♖ \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Knight & N * & ♘ \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Bishop & B & ♗ \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Pawn & {[}no letter{]} & ♙ \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{Pieces are always uppercase. \newline * In chess problems, "S" is used to represent the Knight.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4577 cm} x{1.00694 cm} x{3.11236 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Algebraic Notation: Moves}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{The notation for a move indicates which piece is moved, and to where:} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & {\bf{Qa3}} & Queen moves to a3 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{Kh6}} & King moves to h6 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & {\bf{b4}} & Pawn moves to b4 \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{Where two identical pieces could move to the same square, the piece name is followed by its original file (or rank where the file is the same), like so:} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & {\bf{Rba3}} & Rook on b file moves to a3 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & {\bf{N4f2}} & Knight on rank 4 moves to f2 \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & {\bf{cxd5}} & Pawn on c file takes d5 \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.94563 cm} x{4.03137 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Algebraic Notation: Symbols}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} x & Piece taken \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} e.p. & Piece taken en passant \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} + & Check \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \# & Checkmate \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} = & Pawn promotion * \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 0-0 & Castle King-side \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 0-0-0 & Castle Queen-side \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} 1-0 & White win \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} $\frac{1}{2}$-$\frac{1}{2}$ & Draw \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} 0-1 & Black win \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} (=) & Draw offered \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{* e8=Q means e-file pawn promoted to Queen. The equals is often omitted.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Algebraic Notation: Example}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{1. e4 c5} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & White pawn to e4; Black pawn to c5 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{2. Nf3 d6} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & White knight to f3 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{3. Bb5+ Bd7} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & White bishop to b5, Black in check \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{4. Bxd7+ Qxd7} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & White bishop takes black bishop on d7, black in check; Queens takes d7 bishop \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{5. c4 Nc6} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{6. Nc3 Nf6} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{7. 0-0 g6} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & White castles king-side \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{8. d4 cxd4} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} & White d4 pawn taken by c-file black pawn \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{9. Nxd4 Bg7} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{10. Nde2 Qe6} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & White knight on d-file to e2 \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Moves are first ten from Kasparov vs the World, http://bit.ly/1fOcfIY} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Algebraic Notation: Annotations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !! & Extremely strong move, often game-winning \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ! & Great move \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !? & Speculative move, possibly strong but more analysis needed \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ?! & Dubious move, possibly weak but more analysis needed \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ? & Bad move \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ?? & Blunder, equivalent to hanging a piece \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} +- & White is winning \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} +/- & White has a significant edge \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} +/= & White has a small edge \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} = & Equality \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ∞ & Unclear advantage \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} =/+ & Black has a small edge \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -/+ & Black has a significant edge \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} -+ & Black is winning \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} □ & Only move available \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{From the excellent guide at http://bit.ly/1iSkXch} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Variants}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Figurine Notation}} is used where notation needs to be independent of language, and uses symbols instead of letters to represent pieces.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Long Notation}} explicitly defines the start square for the moving piece, as well as the target square.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Numeric Notation}} uses numbers instead of letters for pieces and for spaces.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}