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Pieric22
Nov 1, 2015
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#21

Nice one Brackmar Wink

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Pulpofeira
Nov 1, 2015
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#22

Same happens here, nowadays is Torre but in old Castilian Spanish it was Roque. Today, "enroque" for "to castle".

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pjkkeystrokes
Nov 1, 2015
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#23
altaajks861 wrote:

In Indonesia king-raja queen-ratu rook-benteng knight-kuda (meaning horse) bishop-gajah(meaning elephant) pawn-bidak

Funny, gajah and raja are Sanskrit words.

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MonkeyH
Nov 1, 2015
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#24

In Dutch it is:

King = Koning

Queen = Dame (Lady)

Knight = Paard (Horse)

Bishop = Loper

Rook = Toren (tower)

Pawn = Pion

Castling = Rokkeren

Checkmate = Schaakmat