Betza's funny notation ones. The notation is based on dividing moves that can be made on a board of squares into groups of symmetry-equivalent moves, the moves within a group differing only in the direction in which the step is taken. Each such group (referred to as "atom") is indicated by a capital, such as N for the 8 moves of the knight. The letter that represents the atom is usually the first letter of the simplest piece from current or historic chess variants that has this move, such as A and F for the alfil and ferz of shatranj (ancient Arabic/Persian chess).
All that is gold does not glitter the poem, which at that stage of composition was the only content of Gandalf's letter, reads: The second quatrain was added during the following revision: The lines were changed in stages, with many experimental forms rejected. Christopher Tolkien also suggested that ""the Sword that was Broken" ["Narsil"]" actually emerged from the verse 'All that is gold does not glitter' in the version cited above. On this view, the words ""a king may yet be without crown, A blade that was broken be brandished"" were no more than a further exemplification of the general moral. All that is gold does not