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A piece, a file and a direction relative to the player.
Also known as: Chinese chess notation, Xiangqi move record
Xiangqi notation names files from each player's own side, so the same file has different numbers for the two players. Movement is written as forward, backward or traverse rather than as a destination square, which makes the notation compact and mirror-symmetric.
Records a move as a piece, its file, a direction and a distance, with files numbered from each player's own right.
Contexts: History
Numbers the files differently for the two players, so a move written by Red and the same square written by Black carry different numbers.
Contexts: History
Names direction rather than destination, using forward, backward and traverse instead of a target square.
Contexts: History
A group of four written letters or characters in a row, naming piece, file, direction and distance.