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Subject: Re: Chess pieces in Spanish

Author: Mark Ryan

Date: 13:08:54 01/12/01

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On January 12, 2001 at 15:55:03, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On January 12, 2001 at 15:33:25, Laurence Chen wrote:
>
>>On January 12, 2001 at 15:18:49, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>>Please excuse me for posting this here, but I need to get an answer asap.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know what the chess pieces are called in Spanish, and what their
>>>abbreviations are (PNBRQK)?  Please include the diacritical marks if possible
>>>(the dots and doohickies over the letters).
>>>
>>>Thank you,
>>>
>>>bruce
>>
>>English         Spanish
>>P pawn          P peon
>>N knight        C cavalo
>>B biship        A alafia
>>R rook          T torre
>>Q queen         D dama
>>K king          R rei
>>
>>Chess           Ajadrez
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>Regards,
>>
>>Laurence
>
>Thank you.  And by typing in the first few as a web search, I found this:
>
>http://www-ensimag.imag.fr/eleves/Stephane.Faure/dico.html
>
>bruce

If it's any help, here are a few games in Spanish notation, with a viewer so
that we can see the moves.
http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez/linares2001/ronda1.htm

M.




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