[lit-ideas] Re: Chess
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:28:37 -0230
Dear madam,
I and my associates employ what I believe you would refer to as the "relative"
notation system, since the number in the move refers to the rank (horizontal
row) counting from the mover's side of the board. The move is hence, "relative"
to the mover.
I illustrate: "P-Q4" is a move in which my queen pawn moves two squares forward
to occupy the fourth rank from the perspective of me as the mover. From your
perspective, however, counting ranks from your end of the board, my pawn is at
the fifth rank. This is known as the "postmodernist" notation.
In the "absolute" notation, each square is designated with a letter and a number
which retains its identification regardless of who makes the move. This is
known as the "modernist" notation.
If these are indeed the meanings of the terms, then you have my vote for your
poll. (Not too sure how I ended up as a pomoist in this ....)
Vladimir Okshevsky
Director,
Pawns May Be Queens Enterprises
Portland, Iceland
Quoting Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Kind sir --
>
> I am interested in (as I also probably said before) the use of the two
> notations -- the one I grew up with, and the one a couple friends of mine
> on-line use when e-mailing moves back & forth. I'm not sure how to refer to
> them other than absolute and relative notation.... I'm trying to take a bit
> of a poll to see if the relative notation is obsolete.
>
> (Actually I am almost certain I posted this query to this list before, but
> looking back through my sent e-mails, I don't find such a post. Maybe the
> gMail you loathe swallowed it <g>).
>
> Julie Krueger
> always losing something.....
>
> On 5/21/07, Walter Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 21 May 2007, Julie Krueger wrote:
> >
> > > I may have asked this before (so sue me) -- but who here is a chess
> > player?
> > >
> > > Julie Krueger
> > > wondering for a reason
> > >
> > At your service, madam.
> >
> > Vladimir Okshevsky
> > Secretary-Treasurer
> > Kasparovian Political Gambits Inc.
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