"David Richerby" wrote in message
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Beliavsky wrote:
I want to teach my son to keep score using long algebraic notation,

Why? Why not teach him to use the notation that's used in all the
books?


Dave.

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First of all it's not used everywhere. Bronstein's Zurich 1953 tournament
book uses long algebraic. So does www.letsplaychess.com. At first I resisted
it, but it grows on you. The great thing about long algebraic is it is
completely self-consistent and intuitive, and contains a built-in error
check. For example 3-4 times during a game I will confuse the 4th and 5th
ranks, 3rd and 6th, etc. I would hate to lose a time control win because I
had too many incorrect move inputs. This way it's almost impossible as you
must make two mistakes.