From: =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCPmVCPCEhTTU7ThsoQg==?= PO HARENET OR JP> Date: 20 jan 1996 Subject: notation Hiroki-san wrote; :I think Kanji (including Japanese letters) are not so necessary in the :international notation. Kanji is convenient to Japanese people, though, :there is technical difficulty in communication by computers. Most of shogi :players outside Japan do not have special fonts for Kanji. :Also using Japanese pronunciation, Gin(Gn) for Silver for example, does not :seem to be sticking to our Japanese culture, because alphabets are still :used anyway. We should consider many shogi players outside Japan were :international chess players before starting shogi. This is quite opposite to our standpoint though we are in a position to accept any kind of standpoint. Some questions seem appropriate to confirm his idea. 1. As you might be well aware of, almost all of matured Shogi fans abroad prefer using original pieces with Kanji rather than to western pieces with alphabetic notations and direction of moves. What do you think about it ? 2. When you draw a board diagram, what kind of image or sign you like to use there to indicate pieces ? 3. At further stage when western players are accustomed to Shogi terms, when for example indicating the "twisting Rook", you intend to say "Hineri-Bisha" or "Hineri-Rook" ? A lot of technical questions are available if you are ready to challenge. K. Suuny SANO KFF00705 niftyserve or jp