I am reading lot of chess books these days(I am beginner and want to improve). The problem is that I have hard time reading the analysis and playing it on the board because my mind is not adjusted to chess coordinates.
Are there some good techniques to memorize the coordinates. I know this is a opinion based question and everybody has their own way.
I would like to hear how you do it? Any tips/tricks for memorization?
Thanks for reading. Waiting for your replies!!
They are very easy to remember but difficult to answer quickly.
As white L to R = abcdefgh
As white near to far = 12345678
As white R to L = hgfedcba
As white far to near = 87654321
As black L to R = hgfedcba
As black near to far = 87654321
As white R to L = abcdefgh
As white far to near = 12345678
you just gotta practice a lot, I'd guess at your level you could get them all right, maybe answer 5-10 in a minute. I can probably do like 15-25 in a minute, and a GM probably would do 50-70 in a minute or as fast as they can click. practice practice practice
lichess.org/training/coordinate I just got 13 in the 30 seconds they give. The way I do it is I first look at letter scan left to right for the right spot, then number right spot then click. I'm sure you do the same process and so does a GM it's mostly a matter of speed. If I trained at that specifically for an extended time I'm sure I could get those numbers up. Went 7,9,13 after 3 tries.
@lurarose Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it.
I can second the coordinates thing. Don't care too much about speed when starting out though, just hit the right squares. After a while I've been able to hit around 50 consistently by just doing it 2-3 times a day for some months. Other things that can help: Anything to do with blindfolded chess.