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Betza Notation. A primer on the leading shorthand for describing variant piece moves.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Michael Nelson wrote on Sat, Jan 25, 2003 06:34 PM UTC:
I prefer [nWF]to n[WF] as other cases might be amiguous.  Compare [nWA] vs.
n[WA]  does the latter mean that the Alfil portion of the move may not be
a jump? But [nWA] means that the Wzir move must be to an empty square,
while [nWnA] would designate a Wazir move followed by a non-jumping Alfil
move.

I think 'outward' should be implied and we need designators for the
contrary cases, which are less common.