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

"Dr.Eduard Werner" wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 20 March 2001 10:20, you wrote:
> > > And daidai? I've still a game running. And aren't you playing Tai Shogi?
> > > Why not simply use characters? The Japanese also use *different* sets of
> > > signs for files and ranks. That's the point, not what meaning the signs
> > > have. Remember that they don't have an alphabet in our sense. So I think
> > > 1c is much closer to the Japanese notation than 13. And it's universally
> > > usable for all Shogi variants.
> > >
> > > Edi
> >
> > Well it is possible to extend to tai using the eikosapental numbersystem
>
> If you like to start your numbering with 0, yes, it is. Otherwise, you'll
> need a eikosahexal system. For the printout, that means you'll use digits
> and characters, won't you?
>
> > but my proposal is to use numerals for shogi and the alphanumeric system for
> > the larger variants.
>
> And I'd prefer to use two different ordered sets of signs for ranks and files,
> just like the Japanese. Only I use western characters for the second set, not
> Japanese ones.
>
> Edi

But in spaken language Gote san san kaku   means B33 not B3c.

Rikard