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Terms in games of chess and lady in English

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Terms in games of chess and lady in English
Chess is one of the oldest games in human history. They also call it a royal game, and this is not just about its name, which comes from Persian and means - emperor, ruler. Its most likely homeland is India, but the Persians are carrying it to Europe and then chess is gaining popularity all over the world. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance it is now part of Europe's culture and favorite game of aristocracy. But this wasn't just a game to entertain the noble bored gentlemen. Chess is used to teach military strategy and as a way of cultivation. Today he is also popular as an effective tool for training the flexibility of the mind, the best chess players are popular just as the best footballers.  So it is no accident that chess today has a sports status. Because just like other sports, you need training and development here. The only difference is you don't work out certain muscles in your body, but your brain.  If you are also fans of this wonderful game, today we will help you to navigate the names of its figures in English. If you're wondering why this is important, let's give a few reasons:
  1. You will be able to watch chess parties in English through channels that are not popular in Bulgaria or do not have translation or subtitles in Bulgarian; 
  2. You will be able to read and learn more about chess without being limited only to the sources of Bulgarian;
  3. And last but not least - to have fun playing with friends or associates from other countries. Basic terms
  • chessboard - chessboard
  • piece - Figure
  • king - king
  • Queen Queen
  • Bishop - Officer
  • knight - horse
  • root or castle - top
  • pawn - pawn
  • move - move
  • check - chess
  • checkmate - chess
  • Stalemate - pa

    Specific terms and characteristics

  1. Redesign - to withdraw from the game and give victory to the opponent. Usually this is done when you are in a hopeless position and will be chess.
  2. Dead position - when neither player is able to lead the game to victory it ends. 
  3. En passant - a special capture of a pawn that can happen only as soon as the pawn makes a move with two fields from its initial field and provided it could be captured by an enemy pawn if it is advanced by just one field. The opponent captures the just-moveded pawn "on passing" through the first field. 
  4. Castling - or Rockade is including the king and any of the original cannons of the player. This is the only move in chess where the player moves two pieces with the same move and is the only move other than the horse's course, where one figure can be said to jump over another. 
  5. Bullet - a version of blitz chess in which players have less than three minutes each, based on a game of 40 moves.
  6. Lightning - an alternative term for blitz chess, for extremely fast chess. Usually with fixed time (e.g. Ten seconds) for every move or up to games of one minute. Queen
Unlike chess, she has a much simpler rule. But besides being funny, it also helps develop strategic thinking. That's probably why they often draw the game board for the Lady on the back of chess. That's why we put her on today's topic. If chess is still too difficult for you, you can always diversify your leisure time with a game of Lady. But if you want to play with a foreigner, it will be difficult to understand if you do not know what this game is called around the world. 
  1. Name The English-language world is known as - Nine men's morris, Nine-man morris, Mill, Mills, the Mill game, Merrills, merls, marelles, morelles, and nipenny marl, and also as cowboy checkers.
  2. Terms Game, as we said, is not too complicated and the most important thing you should know is that the checkers are called pieces. Flying means that a player left with only three pools can move them freely to any unoccupied position.
  3. Options The Boards for a Lady often have different options. In English, according to the different drawing of the dashboard is different and the name of the game. Here are some of the varieties:
    • Three men's morris
    • Six men's morris
    • Twelve men's morris
Any game you like is your favorite strategic game, it's good to know the basic terms and concepts of it in English. This will give you the advantage of reading and learning more about it from many and diverse sources. But most importantly, it will open the doors to you for new and fun moments in games with foreign partners. If chess is not a sport for you, but rather fun, then the game will certainly be accompanied by pleasant conversations with your opponent. So remember, language is our means of communicating and getting to know the world and people. If you want to make it easy and pleasant - take advantage of courses of Language Schoolto improve your level in English. 
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