Retro output

The castles symbolize adventure and honor.

Just to make it clear to those who haven’t dusted off their reading comprehension skills in a while, I use algebraic notation. Exclusively. I’m looking for a way to help out some fellow club members who haven’t caught up with the times and probably aren’t going to any time soon. Preaching the superiority of algebraic notation in this context is obnoxious. To you and me, it’s a settled debate. To them, algebraic is another language that they’re not interested in learning. You’ve gotta meet people where they are.

Anyway, I’m happy to report that ChessBase Light fills the bill.

Ooh. Aren’t knights adventurous and honorable as well? And don’t castles also symbolize boldness and gallantry?

At least there’s probably no way to confuse the bishops.

Bill Smythe

In that case, perhaps there are archers high up on the towers.

I wonder how many humans do Smythescript?

Castles are both Architecture and Homes.

The most famous was probably Col. George Sicherman of New York State. He used Smythescript in a few games in his state magazine, without explaining the notation, and teased readers by saying “to gain familiarity with Smythescript, the student should practice using it at every opportunity”.

Bill Smythe