28 Aug '10 19:25>2 edits
No, it's not what you think. I'm not going to rip on descriptive notation...
I've come to the realization that I don't particularly care for figurine algebraic notation. (I much prefer English algebraic, although if required, I'll use anything, be it figurine or descriptive.) As odd as it sounds, it just seems to take my brain a little longer to process the little piece figures compared to the letters for the pieces. You'd think that since figures are used in chess diagrams, then it would also be perfectly fine to use figures in chess notation. But that logic doesn't seem to work for me.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Edit - Of course, I realize why fan is used. It's a language-less notation and widens the potential audience for the material.
I've come to the realization that I don't particularly care for figurine algebraic notation. (I much prefer English algebraic, although if required, I'll use anything, be it figurine or descriptive.) As odd as it sounds, it just seems to take my brain a little longer to process the little piece figures compared to the letters for the pieces. You'd think that since figures are used in chess diagrams, then it would also be perfectly fine to use figures in chess notation. But that logic doesn't seem to work for me.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Edit - Of course, I realize why fan is used. It's a language-less notation and widens the potential audience for the material.