From: "Dr.Eduard Werner" GMX DE> Date: 16 mar 2001 Subject: Re: About the name of the pieces > There is another point not mentioned so far. Will a use of japanese names > influence the abbreviations used. The abbreviations used in the west are > based on the English names. Here the Kanji could be used. The Chess Informator doesn't use abbreviations either, but symbols of the pieces. Since the Kanji have to be learned anyway because of the pieces and diagrams, they can as well be used in the score. Edi