From: Rikard Nordgren <e7rikard <at> ETEK <dot> CHALMERS <dot> SE>
Date: 20 mar 2001
Subject: Re: About the name of the pieces

> I do: Other shogi variants exist, played on bigger boards; the most common of
> these is Chu. Now where is the square 111 on a chu board? Is it 1-11 or 11-1?
> Using a sign between the numbers would already be a deviation from the
> Japanese notation for Modern Shogi, and using a character is easier. It would
> be nice to be able to use the same notation. Don't forget that also the
> Japanese use a digit and a character for denoting squares, only they have
> special characters for numbers.
>
> Best
>
> Edi

Just use a comma! 1,11 and 11,1 Mathematically appealing.

Rikard