Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 01:38:11 04/07/02
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On April 06, 2002 at 13:55:16, Telmo Escobar wrote:
>On April 06, 2002 at 10:43:38, Mike Hood wrote:
>
>>
>>I was a bit confused until I realised the tablebase moves were notated
>>in French. What are the names for the chess pieces in French?
>
>
> I think they are:
>
> King: R {"roi")
> Queen: D {for "damme", I guess}
> Rook: T {"tour"}
> Bishop: F {"fou", that is insane person}
> Knight: C {"cavalier"}
> Pawn: P
>
> The letters for the pieces are like in Spanish, except that, in Spanish, the
>bishop is A {"alfil", an ancient Spanich word for elephant. In old Spanish it
>was "arfil"}
>
> Telmo
Haha, thats great, here are their danish names:
King: K {"Konge", King)
Queen: D {"Dronning", Queen (sometimes called "Damen" meaning the Lady)}
Rook: T {"Taarn", Tower}
Bishop: L {"Loeber", Runner}
Knight: S {"Springer", Jumper or Leaper}
Pawn: B {"Bonde", Peassant}
Actually the correct spelling for the Rook is Tårn and for the bishop it's
Løber, but i'm not if you can display the vocals æ, ø and å correctly.
Anyone else?
-S.
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