oh well better luck next time!

adverb

"giuoco piano" in Italian means "plain game" (or "simple game"). "Piano" can mean "slow(ly)", or also "quiet(ly)" in another common mistranslation, when used as an adverb. So for example "vai piano" = "go slowly" or "parla piano" = "speak quietly".

adjective

But as an adjective, as it is here referred to the noun "giuoco" = game, "piano" means plain, or simple, not slow or quiet.

Or even standard game (no frills or thrills).

Rook = rukh (persian for chariot, cart, waggon) even today in india there’s the Rikshaw a motorbike chariot as a taxi. So its not a castle but a horse drawn war chariot with knives sticking out of the wheel hubs a very effective battle machine.

Zugzwang = forced move (or obligatory move) Not "compulsion to move"

TomElG