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George Duke wrote on Sat, Jan 14, 2012 04:40 PM UTC:
Betza Notation has article from 1996 and he used it before that, so say it
is 20 years old. I used BFN only this week here, 
Http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=28365.
On that 'NN' for Nightrider, Betza writes in 1996, ''If the capital
letter is repeated, it means the piece has a long-range move of unlimited
length. For example, WW means the same thing as a Rook.'' Used for
squares, Lawson mentions extension to hexagonal, the two flat geometries
far the important ones.  BFN is practical and easy and used often for
example
Friedlander Applets for mid-range R4, R3, B3. Extensions ad hoc 
have been ongoing such as Joyce's Bent Hero/Shaman become War Machines by
Betza Notation, including Joyce's designation 'AF7', WarElephant, for
same-directional Alfil and Ferz seven times.  That AF7 exact definition can
be checked for correspondence with bfn, changed for the one turn allowed
all the daisies, put into words not complete notation yet.

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