Editing Algebraic notation (chess) (section)

===Captures <span id="e.p."></span>===
When a piece makes a {{chessgloss|capture}}, an "x" is inserted immediately before the destination square. For example, '''Bxe5''' (bishop captures the piece on e5). When a pawn makes a capture, the {{em|file}} from which the pawn departed is used to identify the pawn. For example, '''exd5''' (pawn on the e-file captures the piece on d5).

''[[En passant]]'' captures are indicated by specifying the capturing pawn's file of departure, the "x", the destination square (not the square of the captured pawn) and (optionally) the suffix "e.p." indicating the capture was ''en passant''.{{refn|{{em|see}} FIDE Laws of Chess<ref name="FideLawsOfChess">{{cite web |title=FIDE Laws of Chess taking effect from 1&nbsp;January 2018 |date=2018-01-01 |url=https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018 |access-date=12 July 2020 |website=FIDE}}</ref>{{rp|at=Apdx&nbsp;C.9.3}}.}} For example, '''exd6 e.p.'''

Sometimes a [[multiplication sign]] (×) or a [[colon (punctuation)|colon]] (:) is used instead of "x", either in the middle ('''B:e5''') or at the end ('''Be5:'''). Some publications, such as the ''[[Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings]]'' (''ECO''), omit any indication that a capture has been made; for example, '''Be5''' instead of Bxe5; '''ed6''' instead of exd6 or exd6&nbsp;e.p.

When it is unambiguous to do so, a pawn capture is sometimes described by specifying only the files involved ('''exd''' or even '''ed'''). These shortened forms are sometimes called ''abbreviated algebraic notation'' or ''minimal algebraic notation''.