Chess In All The Langues Of The World

Yes , it saves time. But that is not what this thread is about. I think it is a highly original idea , bringing together all the nations/languages of this world. It would also be nice if people only post on this when they realy come from that country. I mean , I can post the Polish names , but I am not Polish.

I also think Watcha's idea to name the pieces was a good extention of the theme.

Well done OP !!

Others : This is finally a thread that doesn't deserve to be trolled. I am giving the OP a reward , I'll send him a trofee.

Ha! Well, it got 5/9 correct.

"Reine" and "évêque" are quite understandable mistakes that a human who does not know anything at all about chess in French might make.

"Freux" refers to the bird (un corbeau), which has nothing to do with the origins of the English chesspiece name "Rook", which comes from Arabic "rukh", presumed to refer to a chariot.

"Vérifier" is a mistake that only a machine could make.

Italian:

Pawn - Pedone ( 'someone who walks' )

Knight - Cavallo ( 'horse' )

Bishop - Alfiere ( 'a soldier who holds the flag' )

Rook - Torre ( 'tower' )

Queen - Donna ( 'lady' )

King - Re ( 'king' )

Australian :

Thats not a Rook

This is a Rook!!

information and chess two good bed buddies thanks for expanding the information all here 

Urgh...

check = échecs (vérifier = to check but with the meaning of to verify, to make sure that)

queen is translated by dame (lit. lady) ;

rook by tour (tower) ;

bishop by fou (fool) ;

knight by cavalier (rider, which does not have any nobility connotation as knight/chevalier has).

Bengali:

King       ->  Raja(King)

Queen    ->  Mantri( Minister)

Rook      ->  Nouka( Navy)

Bishop    ->  Gaja(Elephant)

Knight    ->  Ghora(Horse)

Pawn      ->  Bore(Foot-soldier)

Check     ->  Kisti

Checkmate ->  Kisti mat.

Bengali seems the most correct according to ancient heritage ( only the rook is misnamed - it should be 'war chariot' ).

Kannada:

King -> Raja

Queen -> Rani

Bishop-> Onte

Knight-> Kudure

Rook-> Aane

Pawn-> Sinika

Finnish:

Chess=shakki

Check=shakki

Checkmate=shakkimatti

King=kuningas

Queen=daami, kuningatar

Rook=torni (literally tower)

Knight=ratsu (literally horse)

Bishop=lähetti

Pawn=sotilas (literally soldier)

Speeking of the Finnish word 'torni' for tower the theory on the relationship between the Finnish and Hungarian languages comes to my mind.

In Hungarian tower is 'torony'.

In Iceland check and chess is 'skák'

"Bauer" translated into English would be "farmer" or "peasant", not "soldier".

In Hungarian the unofficial (slang) name of the Pawn is 'paraszt' ( peasant ). The Knight has an unofficial name but it is the same as in English ( 'ló' - horse ). Also you can call the Queen 'királynő' ( queen ) in Hungarian too.

Thanks for correcting! :-)

Sanskrit Alekhine's defense:

Forgive me for this one...

In Arabic

Chess

شطرنج

Shataranj

KIng

ملك

Malik

Queen

وزير

Wazeer

Bishop

فيل

Feel

Knight

حصان

Hisaan

Rook

قلعة

Qalaah

Pawn

جندي

Jondi

Ahh... I forgot to say:

Castling is "Rochade" in German

Castling is ''Hrókering'' or ''Hrókun'' in Icelandic. The verb for castling is ''Hróka''

Pin is ''Leppun'' and fork is ''Gaffall''