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Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Sun, Jan 26, 2003 05:21 AM UTC:

Perhaps different symbols could be used for different types of capturing?
` short-leap capture
~ long-leap capture
! rifle capture
@ mutual capture
# 4-way sandwich capture
## 8-way sandwich capture
$ withdraw capture
% 4-way intervention capture
%% 8-way intervention capture
^ advancing capture
& co-ordination capture with royal piece
&& co-ordination capture with other pieces of same type
+ mutual capture and explosion on squares a wazir's move away
* mutual capture and explosion on adjactant squares

and a few others:
<> swaps place with friendly piece
<|> swaps place with enemy piece
<||> swaps place with any piece
>< immobilises adjactant enemy pieces
>|< immobilises ALL adjactant pieces
>+< immobilises enemy pieces a wazir's move away
>+|< immobilises ALL pieces a wazir's move away
= moves to the opposite side of the board before carrying out move(a1 to
h1, b2 to g2, etc)