Chess Notation Trainer

Practice

Drill type: Name the square Decode a move

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Answer (a letter a to h and a number 1 to 8) Answer Skip

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Type the square name — a letter from a to h and a number from 1 to 8, like e4 — then press Enter. You can also click or tap a square, or focus the board and press Enter to type there.

Read the score, line by line

Game:

Starting position.

Keyboard: ← / → step backward and forward, Home and End jump to the start or finish of the game. The latest move is drawn on the board with an arrow.

Five minutes a day

A short, friendly session mixing both drill types. Finish the whole five minutes to keep your streak going — it counts once per day.

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Answer (a letter a to h and a number 1 to 8) Answer

Timer: 5:00 · 0 correct of 0