In chess, the word "piece" has three meanings, depending on the context.It may mean any of the physical pieces of the set, including the pawns. When used this way, "piece" is synonymous with "chessman" (Hooper & Whyld 1992:307) or simply "man" (Hooper & Whyld 1987:200). In ...
In international correspondence chess the use of algebraic notation may cause confusion, since different languages employ different names (and therefore different letters) for the pieces; hence the standard for transmitting moves in this form of chess is ICCF numeric notation....
"the board used in the game of chess" (same as achecker-board), alsochessboard, mid-15c., fromchess+board(n.1). chessmen(n.) alsochess-men, "the pieces used in the game of chess," late 15c., fromchess+men. Related:chessman. ...
paulalbert: Transliteration into English of names in the Cyrillic alphabet ( Russian, Ukrainian, etc. ) are not consistent and certainly vary into English and German because some of the same letters in those languages can have very different pronunciation. ...
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