Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 04:58:36 01/13/01
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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 :-) > But Argentines speak horrible spanish!
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