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elam

Hi! Here is the list -sorted alphabetically-  up to now.
Still waiting for Klingon names and names from the other countries of our little
Smile planet.
For those who want to find more, here is an excellent job of a guy I do not know and made our list
Laughing seem small:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Metro/9154/nap-pieces.htm

As always, please, report the errors you may find and keep the names coming - the list remains open SmileThank you so much! It's really a lot of fun!

 

 


K Q Bishop N R P
International King Queen Bishop Knight Rook Pawn
Croatia K Q Hunter Horse R,Cannon P
Chinese K Q Minister Horse Chariot Soldier
Denmark K Q Runner Jumper Tower Farmer
Egypt K General Elephant Horse Castle Soldier
Finland K Q Messenger Horse Tower Soldier
French K Q King buffoon N Tower P
Germany K Lady Walker-Runner Jumper Tower Peasant
Greece K Q,Lady Officer, Crazy Horse Tower P,Soldier
India K Minister Camel Horse Elephant Soldier
Ireland K Q B N Castle Infantry Soldier
Israel K Q Runner N,Horse Castle Soldier
Italy K Q,Lady B Horse Tower P
Korean K Q B N,Horse R P
Latvia K “Ferz” Elephant Horse Ancient war boat (Ladyia) “peshka”
Lithuania K Q,Lady Nobleman Horse Tower Infantry Soldier
Netherlands K Q,Lady Walker Horse Tower P
Poland K Top general, Q Runner Jumper, Horse Tower P
Romania K Q B Horse Rock P
Roumania K Q,Lady Crazy Horse Tower P
Russia K “Ferz” Elephant Horse Ancient war boat (Ladyia) “peshka”
Serbia K Q,Lady Hunter, Runner Jumper, Horse Cannon P,Infantry Soldier
Slovakia K Q Archer N,Rider Tower Infantry Soldier
Spain K Q Elephant (Alfil) Horse Tower P
Sweden K Lady Runner Horse Tower Peasant
Turkey K Q, Vizier Elephant Horse Castle P
DangAnum

For me:

K: Also same King

Q: Prime Minister 

B: Minister

R: Tower

N: Horse

P: Soldier

farbror

Almost the same in Sweden except for:

N: häst (horse)

adbestias

K: Rei (King) R (sometimes i get confused with the puzzle's solutions)
Q: Dama (Lady) D
B: Bispo (Bishop) B
N: Cavalo (Horse) C
R: Torre (Tower) T
P: Peão (Pedestrian)

Waitaka

In Brazil, we call the picies:

K: King (Rei)

Q: Lady (Dama)

B: Bishop (Bispo)

N: Horse (Cavalo)

R: Turret or tower (Torre)

P:Pawn (Peão)

and the picies letters follow the portuguese word:

K -> R

Q -> D

B = B

N -> C

R -> T

P = P

gobbel

I live in Finland but speak swedish. The pieces are all the same here as in Sweden except the knight, we call it knekt. It's actually quite odd since the word "knekt" would be translated to soldier. And to be more specific, a foot soldier. Not someone riding a horse. When comparing it to the finnish pawn, "soturi", which means solidier these two pieces have almost got the same name.  

Kreattor

REGE = KING                                                                                                                                                                                                                     REGINA = QUEEN                                                                                                                                                                                                             OFITER,NEBUN = BISHOP or CRAZY                                                                                                                                                                                         CAL = HORSE                                                                                                                                                                                                                     TURN = TOWER                                                                                                                                                                                                                       PION = PAWN  

williamschill479428

I have read that in Mongolia one of the pieces is a camel.

Is this true?

elam
williamschill wrote:

I have read that in Mongolia one of the pieces is a camel.

Is this true?


Up to now - and until I refresh my tables again - the only camel was the "bishop" in India.

I had to search a bit and ...In Mongolia the "Bishop" is "temee" and guess what:

...

Yes, it's a camel Laughing !

neebnoob18

I have heard a weird set of names for the pieces.  They are the following:

K: Cathedral

Q: Cathedral

B: Missle

R: Castle

N: Trojan Horse

P: Bell Tower

ButWhereIsTheHorse

In Icelandic :

K: Kóngur

Q: Drottning

B: Biskup

R: Hrókur

N: Riddari

P: Peð

AlisonHart

In Spanish, I have also heard the bishop called "Alfil" which has obvious Arabic roots - it means "vizier" or "sorcerer"....basically, the bishop is a court wizard 

JamieDelarosa

ta'  (Emperor)

ta'be'  (Queen) or Sa' (General)

pa'  (Rook; Castle) or veSDuj (warship)

joH (Bishop; Lord)

lIghwI' (Knight; Rider)

SuvwI' is warrior, which seems to me, is fitting for a pawn.

Ayyan_Arsalan

K:raja (also king)

Q:rani (also queen)

R:nouka (boat)

B:hati/goj (elephant)

N:ghora (horse)

P {pawn} soinno/borey (soldier)