Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:rsk From: rsk@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec) Newsgroups: net.chess Subject: Re: Algebraic Notation (AN) vs. Descriptive Notation (DN) Message-ID: <1266@pucc-h> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 02:33:22 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-h.1266 Posted: Wed Sep 26 02:33:22 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 05:44:47 EDT References: <149@trwspp2.UUCP> Organization: Purdue, THE Indiana University Lines: 13 I use descriptive notation simply because moving a pawn to g6 doesn't move the same mental levers as moving a pawn to kn6. I have a lot easier time visualizing the squares under DN; the ambiguity is something that's never bothered me. -- ---Rsk UUCP: { decvax, icalqa, ihnp4, inuxc, sequent, uiucdcs } !pur-ee!rsk { decwrl, hplabs, icase, psuvax1, siemens, ucbvax } !purdue!rsk When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.