Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 15:52:06 01/12/01
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On January 12, 2001 at 16:29:04, Tomas Casanovas Martinez wrote: >On January 12, 2001 at 16:10:54, Miguel A. Ballicora 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 >> >>Pawn = Peón (P) (it is not included in the web site you mentioned) note the >> "mark" (tilde in spanish, I do not know how it is called in >> english) on top of the "o". >> I hope you can see it in your terminal. >>Knight = Caballo (C) >>Bishop = Alfil (A) >>Rook = Torre (T) >>Queen = Dama (D) quite a few times you might hear "Reina" in some places, but >> it is always "D". Literal tranlation of Dama is "Lady" and >> Reina is "Queen". >>King = Rey (R) >> >>My mother tongue is spanish and I was born, raised and learned to play >>chess in Argentina, so this might be the only time I am sure what I am talking >>about in this forum :-) >> >>Miguel > >Bruce, > >This is an exact version of the Spanish names and abreviations for the chess >pieces. You can use it with total confidence. > >Regards, > >Tomas Casanovas >Barcelona - Spain. Thank you. They are learning Spanish at my kids' school, and they have taken to labeling the things in the room. One of the things is a chess set, and I teach them chess, so I wanted to take them the Spanish names today. Thank all of you very much, bruce
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