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royalbishop
Kblavkalash wrote:

So apparently it's dumb idea  Don't know but I was playing chess for several years now casually and still have very hard time keeping with moves when high level player commentates or describes the game. 

 

And for someone who said it would waste a lot of memory, ar you serious? :D How can some numbers on the board make any significant different, especially considering that 90% of users probably would not be using it.

Next after you learn the coordinates you will asking which opening is better and refuting the move orders or a move itself to play using it or against it. Guess which part we like to talk about here?

Did you not read the last part of my comment. Save you and us time and learn it without needing the marks on each square. Practice it. Spend your time and energy doing it. As you can see it is creating a barrier between you and most of us which does not have to there. It is your choice to work out. But if you do not overcome this then your enjoyment which even you have to admit will be limited at chess.com.

TitanCG

OK not the best public service announcement... 

One of the problems with labeling every square is that the pieces would cover the names. They could then add some kind of light-up thing but that would probably just distract you. 

I learned the coordinates fairly easily because I learned otb and we had to write the moves down when we played. Maybe you should read some annotated games. That way you'll get familiar with the squares while learning and at your own pace. 

http://www.internetchess.com/columns/amartin/150barry.shtml

http://www.tim-thompson.com/gaprindashvili.html

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10115/341/

royalbishop
TitanCG wrote:

OK not the best public service announcement... 

One of the problems with labeling every square is that the pieces would cover the names. They could then add some kind of light-up thing but that would probably just distract you. 

I learned the coordinates fairly easily because I learned otb and we had to write the moves down when we played. Maybe you should read some annotated games. That way you'll get familiar with the squares while learning and at your own pace. 

http://www.internetchess.com/columns/amartin/150barry.shtml

http://www.tim-thompson.com/gaprindashvili.html

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10115/341/

But he has to pull out a chess board. It can not be done online or next week or month he is back with the same comments. I know this as i had to learn the current system and i was a master of the previous. Doing it online did not work. For good reasons the GMs tell you to pull out the chess board and make the moves by hand. It is time tested and works.

TitanCG

You can just open two windows (multiple monitors are great too): one with the game and another with an analysis board. There are also apps for every OS (they're probably built in most linux distros by now) that allow you to change the opacity of windows and how they stack. 

royalbishop
TitanCG wrote:

You can just open two windows (multiple monitors are great too): one with the game and another with an analysis board. There are also apps for every OS (they're probably built in most linux distros by now) that allow you to change the opacity of windows and how they stack. 

I was hard head and i tried that for over a year to convert to the current system. When i play Vote Chess and i was slightly tired i confuse almost everybody about which move i suggested then. If you mention QB4 from white i can instantly say c4. Before i practiced for days on my board i fight wiff it up, the chance was small but still there.

It is the use of the hands that reinforces the connection to the method mentally.

droptehmike

JC how hard would it be to put tiny little notations that are mostly transparent in the corner of every square, its not that crazy. "no i want you to learn the hard way," is not a good answer.

vdegenne

Do not listen to haters, there are a lot of them in here. I made my own extension to show the coordinates inside each square and I already memorized half of it from playing few games.

chessapplemango

Lichess has already implemented this feature. It will be cool for beginners to have this feature. This can be optional enable disable.