From: Rikard Nordgren ETEK CHALMERS SE> Date: 20 mar 2001 Subject: Re: About the name of the pieces > I think we should end this thread. It's obvious that you can do > it both ways and be happy with it and flame other people endlessly for doing > it the other way. But frankly, the argument that it's > easier to count in numbers is absurd: When you know chess or shogi, you > don't count. You simply know where is what. And why should I bother > what is the way of scoring in Korean chess? > > Best > > Edi Yes, we have gotten away from the original issue. Mr. Danerud's point was to make it easier to popularize shogi. It is not made easier by using different ways of annotating different names for the pieces etc. The questions are: Is this important? and can it be done? Rikard