Do you spell it the grunfeld or the gruenfeld?

Hi, it's supposed to be Grünfeld (I think that's the right thing), but in english we don't have such a thing and the equivalent to the ü is ue, so Gruenfeld.

Is there a Gruenfeld group I can join?

Ironic that both those groups spell it grunfeld.

one of them is mine

Also works for "o" with an umlaut (Goethe) and "a" (Saemisch).

so its gruendfeld

i was hoping a master would comment

so which is it?

i think you guys are trying to tell me that it is both

My books on the Grunfeld both have it spelled Grunfeld, but with the two dots over the  " u " . When you cant put the two dots there its usually spelled  Gruenfeld. I guess both spellings are acceptable.

cool thanks

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"Umlaut" -> "Americanization of"

You spell (and write) grünfeld as "gruenfeld" because in english the sound of "ue" is similar to the close front rounded vowel (y) represented by the ü.

cool

 Actually I think that it's also allowed in German, if you can't write the umlaut for some reason, then ue is acceptable. So probably the same rule was just used in English.

:-)

If you are referring to '96 Reform, I must admit that I don't remember this as a rule; instead, some "e" are turned in "ä", while ß is usually replaced. If you are talking about common "speaking", or chatting, with a qwerty keyboard, I can't disagree.