Author: Rafael Andrist
Date: 12:44:29 04/08/02
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On April 07, 2002 at 05:38:11, Sune Fischer wrote:
>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?
>
German:
King: K "König", king
Queen: D "Dame", queen
Rook: T "Turm", tower
Bishop: L "Läufer", runner
Knight: S "Springer", jumper
Pawn: B "Bauer", peasant
French (some corrections):
King: R "roi", king
Queen: D "dame", queen
Rook: T "tour", tower
Bishop: F "fou", insane
Knight: C "chevalier", knight
Pawn: P "pion"
regards
Rafael B. Andrist
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