Descriptive notation abbreviated to the first letter of its name: K for king, Q for queen, R for rook, B for bishop, P for pawn. Knight begins with the same letter as king, so it is abbreviated to either "Kt" (used in older chess literature) or "N". "N" is used in this article. In 1944 "Chess Review" received many letters debating the change from Kt to N . In descriptive notation each square has two names, depending on Black's or White's viewpoint. Each is given a name corresponding with the piece that occupies the first at the start of the game. Thus
Shogi notation A piece that promotes is indicated with 成 following the piece's character, such as ７三桂成 (N-73+). If a piece does not promote, this is indicated with 不成 following the piece's character, such as ７三桂不成 (N-73=). There is an alternate symbol for unpromotion: 生 is sometimes used instead of 不成. Unlike western notation, numbering Japanese game records is not obligatory. Although players' moves often aren't numbered, shogi moves are always counted per player's move. This is commonly seen in checkmate problems where a "3-move" ３手 checkmate problem would mean a move sequence of black-white-black. This is unlike western chess which counts