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What is a FAN in chess?
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FAN is a chess abbreviation. In practical terms, it refers to an abbreviation for figurine algebraic notation, which substitutes symbols for letters to represent piece names (e.g. ♘f3 instead of Nf3). If you see it in a database, book, or tournament page, treat it as shorthand and check the surrounding context.
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