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There is some in-country variation that's ignored in this article. In Poland, names of pieces will vary based on family you come from (as this game is usually l
by yakubin 4y ago
There is some in-country variation that's ignored in this article. In Poland, names of pieces will vary based on family you come from (as this game is usually learnt at kindergarten age from your parents/grandparents). For example, in my family we refer to the knight as "koń" (horse) rather than "skoczek" (jumper), and instead of using the more Polish-sounding "goniec" for the bishop we use "laufer" borrowed from German. Also, even though the official (as in: approved by some chess institutions in the country) name for the queen is "hetman", I'd say 90%+ Poles say "królowa" (literally queen).
- wirrbel 4y agoGerman here, next to Springer (jumper) for the bishop in my family “Ross” or “rössl” was used.
- stewbrew 4y agoThat would be a horse, which is seemingly used in some other countries.
- INTPenis 4y agoSpringare is an old word for horse in Swedish. In medieval parlance they would say "bring me my springare" instead of horse.
- benjaminsuch 4y agoSpringer is used for the knight, Läufer is used for the Bishop.
- wirrbel 4y agoOops, of course that is what I meant
- Zickzack 4y ago>[] I'd say 90%+ Poles say "królowa" (literally queen). I thought "królowa" is reserved for Mary, Queen of Poles.
- iamnotsure 4y agoSometimes the term "królówka" is also used within the context of chess.
- yeellow 4y agoThe problem is that we want names with distinct first letter for the simple chess notation and "horse" and "queen" conflict with "king" and each other.
- nathell 4y agoDo you have any source for the 90% figure? Some casual players do indeed use the alternative names, but pretty much everyone I know uses „hetman” for the queen. (I’ve even heard the colloquial abbreviation „heć”.) Literature uses the official names exclusively.
- yakubin 4y agoNo. I've just made it up. But I've never heard it in my life playing with other people; only when watching Polish grandmasters and other people involved in chess in an official capacity.
- riffraff 4y agoThat is similar in Hungary, for example the pawn is either a walker or a peasant, and the queen is either a visir or a queen (but it's a ruling queen, királynő, rather than queen consort, királyné, which I find nice :) )