THANKS FOR CONTINUE SENDING OFCOMMENTS.. ALAM KO MAYRUN 'TAGALOG' WORD ANG CHESS - MGA KATOTO, HWAG TAYO HUKINTO SA PAG SALIKSIK SA TAMANG SAGOT...

hard to find filipino dama checkers! hay!

ahedres

chess sa pinoy is sakit ng dibdib pag na checkmate ng di mo alam. chesspain. yun. di ba

i think its 'chis' as how everbody pronouced it... lol

Pedro: tol laro tyu chis.......

Juan:  san tyu laro ng CHIS?

I believe there's no direct translation.  The Spaniards introduced chess to us, and chess in Spanish is "ajedrez".  And so, I suppose the Filipinos first called chess "ajedrez" or the Filipinized version "ahedres".

thanks friend..

None, but during Spanish colonization of the Philippines,the Spanish term 'ajedrez' for chess is widely used.The explanation for this is that a board game called 'dama' a Filipino version of checkers is more popular than chess in Filipino culture/society.