From: Pieter Stouten <stoutepf <at> CARBON <dot> DMPC <dot> COM>
Date: 20 mar 1997
Subject: Western Chess (was: One quick question!)

On 97/03/20 at 19:02 -0500, Charles S Smith wrote:

>What do all of the people on this shogi list call the chess played in
>America?
>
It's also played outside America. I believe Russia has some decent players.
I have heard most westerners refer to it as Western Chess. Sometimes they
call it (in translation) ordinary, normal or regular Chess. I wonder how
Japanese would refer to it.

Cheers, Pieter.

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