RE: [spoon-discuss] Chess

["Craig" <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx>]

>> >> I stink at FIDE chess, but I'll play anyone who feels like making me
an
>> >> offer in Xiàngqí. I'm by no stretch of the imagination good, but in
FIDE
>> >> chess I embarass myself.
>>
>> >That's Chinese Chess, right?  Do you have a notation system
>> >for that?
>>
>> Yes. The Chinese Chess notation system is a frighteningly obfuscated
version
>> of the Western system, so it would have to be replaced to make e-mail
play
>> work. I vote for ASCII representation of the board, similar to our PGo
>> system.

>As in letters?  Good...my pieces are a bit thick for my
>scanner, and my calligraphy stinks.  If it's letters...

What? No Chinese IME?

>R - rook/elephant/tank
>N - knight/horse
>P - pawn/soldier
>K - king
>B - bishop/minister

>or something like that?  And how about the king's guards and
>the cannons? (Please note I learned the game from people who
>didn't know the names of the pieces in English.)

How about C for Cannon and G for Guard?

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