Chess Memory Palace Basics Flashcards
In standard chess notation systems which comes first, the target square or the moved piece?
The moved piece (e.g., Qg5xf4)
In picture notation which comes first, the target square or the moved piece?
The target square.
The 1st two relevant consonant sounds of each picture identify the
target square.
A chessboard is made up of files and ranks. Do the letters displayed horizontally on the board relate to files or ranks?
Files (remember, you file things alphabetically).
Square a1 is represented by these consonant sounds
d, t, th (the letter has one downstroke).
Square b/2 is represented by this consonant sound.
n (the letter n has two downstrokes).
Square c/3 is represented by this consonant sound.
m (the letter m has three downstrokes).
Square d/4 is represented by this consonant sound.
r (the word four ends in an r).
Square e/5 is represented by this consonant sound.
l (“Five alive.”)
Square f/6 is represented by these consonant sounds.
ch, j, tch, sh (Think of the “soft” curvy shape of the digit 6 and the “soft” sounds of sh and j.)
Square g/7 is represented by these consonant sounds.
hard c, g, k , ng, q (Think of the “hard” angular shape of the digit 7 and these “hard” sounds.)
Square g/7 is represented by hard c, g, k, ng and q. The author says the “ng” sound is used in his system when pronounced as an ____ sound, like the ng in ________________________.
N ……….. hummingbird.
Square h/8 is represented by these consonant sounds.
f, ph, v (A calligraphic f looks like an 8.
Does the author’s system use vowels as essential picture creation starting points or as fillers?
Fillers. The starting points are consonant sounds connected by filler letters (vowels).
Name 8 letters that are ignored in the author’s system.
s, z, soft c, b, p, h, w, y (and all vowels).
§ The chessboard is an 8 X 8 square board. § When starting to build his pictures/images he does not need to use the Master System sounds associated with ® 0 (s, z and soft c - as in "sauce") ® h, w and y ® p, b
To remember this use: He doesn’t use the zero highway pub (zero = s, z, soft c; HiWaY PuB = h, w, y, p, b).
These “ignored” sounds are used in pictures/stories but they are “ignored” when looking for the target square indicators embedded in the pictures/stories.
