From: WENDELL MARTIN <wendell.martin <at> THE-MATRIX <dot> COM>
Date: 10 oct 1995
Subject: Notation of position and score?

Toshiya Kawakami <GHE01101 <at> NIFTYSERVE <dot> OR <dot> JP> writes:
>Please tell me about followings!
>(a) How to describe a position with alphabet.
>(b) How to record moves to score with alphabet.
>For example, I don't know how should I distinguish between a promoted
>pawn (to-kin) and a promoted silver (nari-gin) on a position.
>I understand the case of Japanese and have read _Chess Variations_.

In a previous game with a Japanese player, he used the following method:

   9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
   s j g k o   g j s Ichi  Ash has: None
     h         k b   Ni
   f f f f f f f f f San
                     Shi
                     Go
                     Roku
   F F F F F F F F F Nana
     B   G       H   Hachi
   S J   K O K G J S Kyuu  Wendell has: None

   O:Ou K:Kin G:Gin J:Keima S:Kyousha B:Kaku H:Hisha F:Fu T:Tokin U:Uma R:Ryuu
   (Your pieces are shown in capital letters and mine in small letters)

One method I've seen using English names is:
K=King, G=Gold, S=Silver, N=Knight, L=Lance, B=Bishop, R=Rook, P=Pawn
Promoted pieces have a "+" in front of the letter (nari-kyousha = "+L"), and
the act of promotion uses a "+" after the piece's name.  The scoring of moves
is based on Japanese scoring, so "8 Ni Kaku Naru" would be "82 B+".

       Wendell
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