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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[drevo-obezyani.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to describe a friend who really likes anime and manga in a letter to a Russian, and I'm kind of stuck. I put down японские мултьфилмы for anime, but my dictionary has several different words for "comic" and no word that seems to specifically mean "comic book." Could I say комические книги, or would some other word be better?

On a completely unrelated note, what does Я всегда жду чуда mean? I understand Я всегда жду as "I always wait" but чуда confuses me. The best I can figure is it means something like "I always await the miracle" but in the context (talking about how New Year's is her favourite holiday and how much she loves the decorations) it seems a little odd. Unless there's some big miraculous thing that happens every year in St. Petersburg that I just don't know about.