On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 11:08:43 +0200 (CEST) Christoph Päper <[email protected]> wrote:
> Richard Wordingham <[email protected]>: > > If the variation selectors are ignored, these simplify to: > > > > white square > > hatched square > > specific piece > > > > This preserves all the information; the pattern of squares is known > > in advance and therefore redundant. > > I argued before that > > empty square > specific piece > > would already be enough to carry all the required semantics, at least > for drawing complete boards, because the coloring pattern is simple, > well-known and redundant. I meant redundant in that the colour of a single empty square determines the colour of the rest. Is there absolutely no interest in depicting games played with the board the wrong way round? Richard.
