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Newsgroups: rec.games.go
Subject: Re: Goban Dimensions, Stone Sizes
From: "Roy Schmidt" <roy@anti-spam.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:27:59 GMT

"Symeon" <fcn@noon.org.NOSPAM> wrote:
> "NAS" <nshupe@cox.net> writes:
> > Why do positions skip "I", i.e. A to H and then J to T instead of
A
> > to S?
>
> As I understand it, this was to avoid any possible confusion between
> "1" and "I".

Actually, the system was devised by a German, who didn't need an "I"
:-).

Cheers,  Roy

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