From: Toshiya Kawakami NIFTYSERVE OR JP> Date: 15 oct 1995 Subject: Re: Japanese or English names (original subject was: Notation of position and score?) Taki Naruto panix com> wrote: >I guess it helps to attract the chess crowd to shogi better >this way, making the transition easier, which alone probably >is a good reason to keep using chess words. On the other hand, >Japanese chess players use the original chess terms as they >are, and they don't use shogi notation for a chess game. I think this matter of term is a barrier for two-way popularization of these two games. Actually, very few Japanese play chess. (I don't know whether good or not. It may help the preservation of originarities, or may help to reduce oppotunities of experiencing unknown game each other.) >Does anybody know if those chess terms are the official >English terms endorsed by the Japanese Shogi Association (or >whatever that rules Japanese Pro shogi)? I want to know, too. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------ Toshiya Kawakami E-mail: GHE01101 niftyserve or jp ------------------------------------------------------------