From: tn <tn <at> PANIX <dot> COM>
Date: 13 oct 1995
Subject: Re: Notation of position and score?

>I suggest that you get in touch with Mr. Matsumoto and the Japan Chess
>Association in Shibuya. I can assure you that they do use KAKU for bishop.
>What do you think they call it? A "bishop"? What is the dictionary word for
>"bishop" in Japanese?

I'm not in a position to argue about this as I don't play chess.
(I am a Japanese, by the way, born and raised in Japan.)

But, just FYI, I checked my three E-J dictionaries, and all of
them list "bishop" as BISHOPPU (in katakana), and none cites
KAKU as translation. Two of them have explanation of bishop as
"a piece used in chess, that moves like a KAKU."

And, yes, all chess players that *I* know say BISHOPPU for a
bishop. But this doesn't mean much if Japan Chess Association
prefers to use "KAKU" for a bishop, I guess. Thanks for the
information.

-Taki Naruto <tn <at> panix <dot> com>