Chess

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

Hello.

Been searching online for a presentation I'm making, and not making any progress, so came back here.

I was wondering whether anyone could please tell me the russian names for all the chess pieces, because I have a suspicion they wouldn't just be a translation of the English.

Edit: Thank you for such fast replies! That's sorted now.

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[russiandude.livejournal.com]

пешка = pawn
ладья = rook
конь = knight
слон = bishop
ферзь/королева = queen, the first is more proper in actual chess notation.
король = king

[svyatogor.livejournal.com]

Pawn - Пешка
King - Король
Queen - Королева/Ферзь
Kinght - Конь
Bishop - Слон/Офицер
Castle - Ладья/Тура

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

Пешка, ладья, конь, слон, ферзь, король.

I hope I didn't forget anything.

Chess - Шахматы

[natha1ie.livejournal.com]

Knight - конь, king - король, queen - ферзь, pawn - пешка, rook/castle - ладья, bishop - слон.

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

thank you.

[botanik1.livejournal.com]

king = karol'(король(king))
queen = ferz'(ферзь(vizier))
rook = lad'ya(ладья(boat))
bishop = slon(слон(elephant))
knight = kon'(конь(horse))
pawn = peshka(пешка(foot soldier))

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

thanks. That would be.. pawn castle knight bishop queen and king?

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

I knew I recognised the word for elephant. Traces of Hannibal at all?. Thanks for that.

Re: Chess - Шахматы

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[botanik1.livejournal.com]

More likely, the Elephant, steered by the Vizier, came to Russia from India via Persia/Central Asia.

[yms.livejournal.com]

"Ferz" is not "vizier". It comes from Persian "farzin" which is not connected etymologically with Arabic "wazir". See here (http://www.chessvariants.org/piececlopedia.dir/ferz.html).

[http://users.livejournal.com/celsium_/]

yep. literally it means - infantrypiece, boat, horse, elephant, vizier, king

[http://users.livejournal.com/celsium_/]

oops!

[yms.livejournal.com]

"Верзила" is much closer ;)