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hebrit 09-Aug-10, 12:28	Chess in other languages I was wondering how the chess pieces are named in different languages? Anyway, here is how they are named in French: The King is : le Roi - (litteral translation). The Queen is : la Dame (the Lady). - Some people say La Reine, but it is incorrect because in noting down a game, roi and reine both start with an 'r' The Rook is : la Tour (the Tower). - But then is not Rook synonymous with Tower in English? The Bishop is : le Fou (The Fool - or better the King's Fool). - What is best ? Seems to me the aspect of this piece resembles more the cap of a King's fool. Unless some facetious translator was hinting that the words bishop and fool were synonymous. The Knight is : le Cavalier (the Rider) - Some say le Chevalier (exact translation of Knight). - I am not sure if the official rules of chess statuate on this. The Pawn is : le Pion (pretty much a litteral translation). So in the French notation of a chess game, the abreviations are: R (roi) = K (king) D (dame) = Q (queen) T (tour) = R (rook) F (fou) = B (bishop) C (cavalier) = N (knight) and nothing for the pawn (us pawns in real life have nothing anyway. Chess is really a microcosm of life.)
antinephilehi 26-Jul-11, 10:57	Schack in sweddish Pawn = Bonde (Farmer) Knight = Springare Bishop = Löpare Rock = Torn (tower) Queen = Drottning King = Kung
shamash 26-Jul-11, 11:29	some international pawns peon (Spanish) pion (French) pand (probably) (Dutch) Bauer (german) пешка (pronounced roughly "pesak" (Russian)
rilke 22-Aug-11, 07:08	Jaque mate checkmate ( Spanish )
rilke 12-Jan-12, 11:07	Castle en roque ( Spanish )
rilke 16-Jan-12, 02:09	Checmate Scacco matto( Italian )

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