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Version 11.17 for Windows, Multilingual
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Description

Lucas Chess is a chess game with a chess trainer built in designed to help you beat increasingly difficult opponents with a limited number of hints. The aim is to play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor. Also included are thousands of training positions such as different types of endgames, tactical combinations and chess problems (mate in 2,3,4 and more). The computer uses different chess programs (so-called chess engines) of various strength. The user starts playing against the weakest engine at first. Initially the engine plays with limited strength but as the user wins more games the engine will be given more calculation time and its strength will improve. Eventually the engine will reach its maximum level of strength and if the user continues to win he will be passed to the next stronger engine and so forth.

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• Publisher: Lucas Monge & PortableApps.com
• Date Updated: 2020-08-21
• Date Added: 2012-12-09
• System Requirements: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
• App License: Open Source (GPL)
• Source: Lucas Chess, PortableApps.com Launcher, PortableApps.com Installer
• MD5 Hash: 7d20a1fd8ba1a3074c3af8a1bec3310a
• SHA256 Hash: b8af18a4eabebe987c9bd261ffc289d1e5f95ecd38dfbb740ef12ffc3dce089d

Chess notation is a convenient way to keep track of games, so that you can replay them to study tactics, understand mistakes, or impress your friends. Try out chess notation in your next game - you'll find that nothing is more satisfying than that well-placed exclamation mark after the move that wins you the game.

Algebraic Notation

The simplest and most common form of chess notation is called Algebraic Notation. It labels the grid of the chess board with letters and numbers.

In this diagram, the white king is on square c3 and the black king is on square h5.

Rank (or row) 1 is the end of the board where white begins; black begins at rank 8. The files (or columns) are lettered from white's left to right.

Additionally, capital letters are used for pieces as follows:

K: King
Q: Queen
R: Rook
B: Bishop
N: Knight
P: Pawn (although, by convention, P is usually omitted from notation)

How to Write a Move

To write a move, give the name of the piece and the square to which it moves. If a piece is captured, we include the symbol x for 'captures' before the destination square.

For example, in this game, white's first move is Nc3: knight to square c3. Black responds with f5 (remember, the P is omitted). White plays e4 and black captures the pawn, fxe4, f captures e4. The file f replaces the name of the pawn, since P is omitted. White recaptures, Nxe4. The rest of the game is written as

.. Nf6

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Qh5#

+ is the sign for check, and # is the sign for checkmate.

Special Symbols

x: captures
0-0: kingside castle
0-0-0: queenside castle
+: check
#: checkmate
!: good move
?: poor move
more !s and ?s can be added for emphasis.

Avoiding Ambiguity

Rd1 is not enough to define this move--which rook?

In situations where regular notation is ambiguous, add an extra letter or number to specify the origin of the piece that moves. Here, Rad1, rook from file a to square d1, solves the problem. When a pawn makes a capture, always include the originating file, as in fxe4 and gxf6 above.

Other Notations

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Most players today use Algebraic Notation, but there are a few variants:

Long Algebraic Notation gives the square of origin as well as the destination square for each move.

Descriptive Notation, an older system, names the files of the chess board for pieces. For example, the c file is called the QB, or queen's bishop's file. The ranks are written from each player's perspective. White's QB3 is black's QB6.

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You can download free ches scoresheets here, or purchase a scorebook like this one to take notation, but it is also possible to get started with regular lined paper.

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