From: Ralf Lundberg <ralf <at> CS <dot> CHALMERS <dot> SE>
Date: 17 mar 2001
Subject: Re: About the name of the pieces

"Dr.Eduard Werner" wrote:
> > 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.

To me, the obvious place to use abbreviations is in board diagrams
in email games. Here Kanji would not be so easy to put in.

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