From: "Dr.Eduard Werner" GMX DE> Date: 20 mar 2001 Subject: Re: About the name of the pieces On Tuesday 20 March 2001 09:56, you wrote: > > 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. > Just use a comma! 1,11 and 11,1 Mathematically appealing. A comma is something. This is a) still a deviation from the Japanese way and b) it's twice as much to write (four characters instead of two). Edi