From: Rikard Nordgren <e7rikard <at> ETEK <dot> CHALMERS <dot> SE>
Date: 16 mar 2001
Subject: Re: About the name of the pieces

Chiaki Ito wrote:
>
> Cant you just use Japanese names only?  It may be a bit hard in the
> beginning for non-Japanese, but it will be easier without any confusion for
> the rest of your life!
>
> I dont call a Queen in Chess as Jyou Ou!
>
> Chiaki
>

In sweden we call the queen 'dam' and the rook 'torn'. I think it is
important to have own names for the pieces to make it available to more
people.

Rikard