king - kralj
queen -kraljica
rooks -kula
bishops -lovac
knights -konj
pawns -pijun
Chess figures in your lanaguage
Roi
Reine
Tour
Fou
Cavalier
Pion
Someone face me in chess
I'm not the best
King- Kangz
Queen- Kang'z bitch
rooks- Kang'z pimp
bishops- Kang'z Dj
Knights- Kang'z sicario
Pawns- Kang'z bois
Good ol' Bobby Fischer. The hero Sup Forums needed.
König
Dame
Turm
Läufer
Springer
Bauer
Too bad most elite grandmasters are excessively conservative and only play safe openings like the Indian Defenses in which they simply try to erect a strong pawn skeleton in preparation for the endgame. When you get to that elite level, it's like a paralysis overtakes you and you're afraid to try anything daring or out of the box.
>lichess.org
Was fun
Hadnt played a long time
Ah yes, the Jerome Gambit.
1. e4 e4
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. Bxg7+ Kxg7
The ultimate cheap, scummy, bullshit way to win. A skilled player knows how to refute this, but lots of lower-level ones don't.
Rei
Rainha
Torre
Bispo
Cavalo
Peão
>king - kunkku/kuningas
>queen -akka/kuningatar
>rooks -torni
>bishops -lähetti (messenger)
>knights -ratsumies/hevonen (calvaryman/horse)
>pawns -sotamies/solttu (soldier)
>messenger
Why call it that? That's not even close to the meaning of bishop
Mbret
Mbretereshe
Torra
Gjeneral/kryetar
Kal
ushtar
Ah thats where he was going with it?
Never even heard it (or deleted from memory)
Lads if you want to be cheesy at least go for Legals mate or Fried Liver Attack
Konge
Dronning
Tårn
Loper
Springer/Hest
Bonde
I dont know, maybe because it moevs fast like a messenger? The names were probably taken from swedish, which probably were taken from german, and so on, i dont know.
I also dot know what "rook" means, but we call it torni, which means tower. Think about that
Rook comes from Persian IIRC
>be Paul Morphy
>pass the bar exam in 1855 at the age of 18
>Louisiana at the time required you to be 21 to practice law, so he toured Europe for a couple years playing chess, kicking ass, and becoming the GOAT player of the day
>retire from chess, go home, and start a law firm in New Orleans
>whoops the Civil War happens
>Morphy was not a supporter of secession and he spent periods of the war in Europe
>afterwards, his pro-Union sympathies caused people to snub his law firm--he got frustrated at yucklucks who came to his office to talk about chess
>died at the age of 47 from stroking out while taking a cold bath after walking around on a blazing summer day
We call him Axiomatikos (ranking officer)
king - korol
queen - koroleva, ferz'
rooks - ladya(a little river ship)
bishops - officer, slon(elephant)
knights - kon'(horse)
pawns - peshka
>Women are not good chesspl-
We called it a "fou" (a (mentally) crazy man)
Maybe because he doesn't walk straight, he is kinda weird
king - Korol'
queen -Koroleva
rooks -Peshka
bishops - Slon/Officer
knights -konj
pawns -Ladya
>pawns -Peshka
>rooks -Ladya
fixed you
Damiano's Defense.
1. e4 e4
2. Nf3 f6
Ironically, this opening was named after a guy who advised against playing it.
thenks
Karpov is kinda the forgotten WC between Fischer and Kasparov for several reasons. His playing style is very dry, positional, and not exciting to watch, and a lot of people don't like him for having the personality of a doorstop and having been a creature of the Soviet system as opposed to Kasparov the heroic liberashka freedom fighter.
Well this and the fact that there were 2 different WC back then
Кopoль
Фepзь
Typa
Oфицepы
Кoни
Пeшки
That was in the 90s, not during his first stint as WC between 75 and 85.
It is miraculous Kasparov lived to be WC at all and didn't meet with an unfortunate random fall off a bridge or polonium sushi death.
The Soviets cheated at chess. A lot. I mean, they had a whole room full of analysts providing their guys with all the best moves.
TBF he didn't earn his WC in 75 anyway, they gave it to him by default when Fischer refused to play. Then he did defend it in 78 and 81 against an almost 50 year old Viktor Korchnoi, so...
>when the soviets did something it was cheating
Meanwhile in the real world
>The Soviets cheated at chess.
Yes we also cheated in space.
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King - Karalius
Queen - Karalienė
Rook - Bokštas (tower)
Bishop - Rikis (noble one)
Knight - Žirgas (steed)
Pawn - Pėstininkas (infantry)
where is anybody from belarus? show the results of the semifinal
Rege
regina
tura (turret)
nebun (madman)
cal(horse)
pion
>rooks - ladya(a little river ship)
>bishops - officer, slon(elephant)
wtf
King - usa
Queen - argentina
rook - norway
bishop - dutch
knight - knight
pawns - slavs
Well no really, you can't cheat in space. I mean, they tried with Soyuz 1 by flying an unproven spacecraft, but it got the poor bastard inside turned into a glob of carbon.
King - Kung
Queen - Drottning/Dam
Rook - Torn
Knight - Springare/Häst
Bishop - Löpare
Pawn - Bonde
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Latvians:
>Alexei Shirov
>Igor Kovalenko
>latvians
LMAO
There's a lot of strong Russian players but not near the overwhelming domination of the Cold War era when all world champs aside from Fischer were Russian.
what is the explanation of this?
Have you ever heard about 9/11?
Don't get what that has to do with 9/11, but w/e.
the towers are gone
Mbreti
Mbreteresha
Torja
Oficeri
Kali
Ushtari
How does it feel to be retarded? does it hurt?
Those are the ELO rankings, I trust them more than the Championship for a more fair picture
They had just better methods
The shift away happened just because after the dissolvement they went abroad and taught the rest of the world how to play chess
The current World Champion is being schooled/trained by Kasparov since his teens for fucks shake
>king
król
>queen
hetman (it's like a male general, not a queen)
>rook
wieża
>bishops
goniec
>knight
skoczek
>pawn
pionek
kek
King: rey
Queen: Reina
Rooks: Torres (towers)
Bishops: alfiles (alfil for singular), not sure what it means.
Knights: caballos (horses)
Pawns: peones (peón for singular)
koning
dame
toren
loper
paard
pion
>La palabra alfil proviene del árabe al-fil (الفيل), cuyo significado es «el elefante»
Literally means elephant
peasants
bastion
queen
king
hussar
runner
Good jokes like that are wasted on a guy whose brain is in another county.
>al-fil (الفيل)
SPAIN YES
King - Şah
Queen - Vezir
Rooks - Kale
Bishop - Fil
Knight - At
Pawns - Piyon
In german the bishop is called Läufer which means "runner".
erAnatoly Karpov related in his 1992 autobiography, in reference to the 1971 Candidates Semi-final match between T. Petrosian and V. Korchnoi, which was tied 4-4 after eight draws:
It was already clear that the winner would have to play Fischer, who on the other staircase, was rapidly ascending to the chess throne. There was practically no doubt that Spassky would be able to deal with him, but in the Sports Committee it was decided that it was better that it didn't come to this, that it was desirable to stop him half-way.
And so the officials summoned Petrosian and Korchnoi and asked them directly which of them had the better chances against Fischer. Korchnoi said that "the generation beaten by Fischer" had practically no chances. But Petrosian said that he believed in himself.
After this it was suggested to Korchnoi that he should allow Petrosian to win, and in compensation they promised to send him to three major international tournaments (for which a Soviet player in those times was a princely reward.
Petrosian, playing White in game 9 of the 10-game match, won the only game. Game 10 was drawn, with Petrosain winning the match, to face Fischer in the Candidates Final.
Interestingly, Korchnoi and Petrosian would meet three more times in matches, and Korchnoi won each time.
In 1971-72, Korchnoi travelled to Hastings, Amsterdam, and Palma.
No one tought me how to play chess
feels bad man
>Madman
wot
Nowadays actually everyone cheats because they just run moves through a computer program like Stockfish.
ABSOLUTELY NEBUN
And somehow they put Spassky up against Fischer anyway, a guy who wasn't that hungry to continue defending his title, and who didn't really have the personality desired by the Soviet system (ie. a dour pro-communism robot like Karpov).
You can't cheat on a real wooden chess board. Not the easy way anyway.
If you mate, you win
Its like real world
Rei
Rainha
Torre (tower)
Bispo
Cavalo(horse)
Peão
Nonono. I meant chess analysis software where you put in moves and it works out the best variations to use.
The 1978 match was a brutal death struggle, the 81 match was anticlimactic as Karpov simply buried Korchnoi. It was kind of novel for him to break out the Giuoco Piano in two games since high level players have rarely used it since before WWI, but I guess he wanted to try a different opening.
post more cheeky openings pls
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fishing works quite often at the lower levels
Elephant Gambit.
1. e4 e4
2. Nf3 d4
king - karalis
queen - dāma
rook - tornis
bishop - laidnis
knight - zirdziņš
pawn - bandinieks
>A skilled player knows how to refute this
chessgames.com
See this example from back in the 1800s in which Blackburne punishes some unnamed scrub for attempting the Jerome Gambit.
Who /queensgambit/ here?
Another rare opening is the Center Game.
1. e4 e4
2. d4 exd4
3. Qxd4
This one fell out of use by the start of the 20th century simply because there was no real justification for White moving his queen out that early. More common is the Danish Gambit (3. c3).
>like a male general, not a queen
King doesn't take any excuses on that one
Queen pawn openings were rare in the 19th century as they didn't lend themselves to sweeping attacks. They became more popular with the birth of positional play and the Queen's Gambit Declined was a dominant opening for the first three decades of the 20th century. It fell into disrepute because of the Alekhine-Capablanca World Championship match in 1927, where 32 of 34 games used the Orthodox Defense of the QGD. This led to increased use of Indian Defenses among high level players, and although the QGD is still common today, it's not quite as dominant as it was in the 1920s.
Kasparov notably revived the Scotch Game (1. e4 e4 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4) which had been rare since the early 1900s. Also the Four Knights Game (1. e4 e4 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nc6) enjoyed a revival in the 1990s.
All King's Gambits are cheeky by definition.
>queen -Koroleva
It's ferz'. No one ever calls it queen.
He's recommended that novice players stick with the 1. e4 e4 openings and avoid advanced stuff like the Indian Defenses.
King - 王
Queen - 女王
Rook - 城将
Bishop - 司教(if Catholic) 監督(if Protestant) 主教(if Church of England)
Knight - 騎士
Pawn - 質
but in chess we just call it by their English names
is the sicilian redpilled?
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And don't forget the infamous aborted 1984 WC match when they went 40 games, had like 25 straight draws, and the FIDE officials called the thing off because it was potentially endangering the players' health.
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It's overused. Disgustingly so. Since after WWII, the Sicilian is perhaps the single most used opening in tournament chess to the point where you want to bang your head on the table if you open with 1. e4 and your opponent responds with 1...c5. It's very common at the amateur level as well since amateurs like to use whatever openings are popular with GMs.
What would you recommend for retards like me
Dutch Defense
1. d4 f5
Essentially reverse Bird's Opening and rare at the GM level; it was used twice in the Botvinnik-Bronstein WC match in 1951.
1. e4 openings in general are the safest and simplest bet for low-level players. Under 1600 rated players aren't going to spend 30 turns methodically building a perfect pawn structure for the endgame.
>al-fil (الفيل)
Fuck I hate this nigger language so much