From: Dick Iwakura <dick <at> SHOGI <dot> NE <dot> JP>
Date: 21 mar 2001
Subject: Re: About the name of the pieces

On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:06:34 -0800
Eiki Ito <eiki <at> HAL <dot> COM> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Regarding B33 vs B3c issue: I'm not insisting that every single player
> should use the same notation for daily use.  If people with chess
> background find B3c notation more comfortable and use it within their
> circle, I have nothing to say against it.

I really have the same feeling with Ito san about the International
Notation. I also could have managed to read it but don't dare to
use it by myself unless my opponent understand what I write in
English such as 77Kaku etc. In this case, I bend my fingers and find
out 7 is G and inform him B-7G, which will have a little time lag. (ioi)
Of course, Bishop77 (B77) is much faster for me (might be for every
Japanese players).

> That, in turn, makes me think that we should all follow Renmei's notation
> as much as possible.  As a Japanese shogi player, I regard Renmei as
> "the Vatican" of shogi.  I hope that other people on this list also will
> have the same respect for Renmei.

I believe this is quite right and Horiguchi Koji Pro(6D) uses the
B77 way in his English Shogi Lesson on Shogi Sekai Magazine for
more than three years.
It is no value to be against with Renmei's order as "Japanese"
shogi players. However, if the writing/calling method is different
with shogi notation between Europe/USA and Japan now and in future,
we still can play Shogi together under the same rule.  No problem!

Dick