Template:Chess names
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This is a template showing the names for Chess/King/Queen/Rook/Bishop/Knight/Pawn/Check/and Mate in many languages. The main sources for this are Wikipedia articles in many languages. Also there is much information from this website.
| Language | King | Queen | Rook | Bishop | Knight | Pawn | Chess | Check | Checkmate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Arabic | م | ف | ر | فل | حص | شطرنج | |||
| Catalan | R rei | D dama/reina | T torre | A alfil | C cavall | (P) peó | Escacs | Escac/ Xec | Escac i mat |
| Chinese | K 王 | Q 后 | R 車 | B 象 | N 馬 | 兵 | 國際象棋 | 將軍 | 將死 |
| Croatian | K kralj | D dama/kraljica | T top/kula | L lovac/laufer | S skakač/konj | (P) pješak | Šah | Šah | Šah mat |
| Czech | K král | D dáma | V věž | S střelec | J jezdec | (P) pěšec | Šachy | Šach | Mat |
| Danish | K konge | D dronning | T tårn | L løber | S springer | (B) bonde | Skak | Skak | Skakmat |
| Dutch | K koning | D dame | T toren | L loper | P paard | (P) pion | Schaken | Schaak | Mat |
| English | K king | Q queen | R rook | B bishop | N/Kt knight | (P) pawn | Chess | Check | Checkmate |
| Esperanto | R reĝo | D damo | T turo | K kuriero | Ĉ ĉevalo | (P) peono | Ŝako | Ŝak | Ŝakmato |
| Estonian | K kuningas | L lipp | V vanker | O oda | R ratsu | (E) ettur | Male | Tuli | Matt |
| Finnish | K kuningas | D daami/ kuningatar | T torni | L lähetti | R ratsu | (S) sotilas | Shakki | Shakki | Matti/ Shakkimatti |
| French | R roi | D dame | T tour | F fou | C cavalier | (P) pion | Jeu d'échecs | Échec | Échec et mat |
| German | K König | D Dame | T Turm | L Läufer | S Springer | (B) Bauer | Schach | Schach | Schachmatt |
| Greek | Ρ βασιλιάς | Β βασίλισσα | Π πύργος | Α αξιωματικός | Ι ίππος | (Σ) πιόνι | Σκάκι | Σαχ | Mάτ |
| Hebrew | מלך | מלכה | צריח | רץ | פרש | רגלי | שחמט | שח | מט |
| Hindi | R raja | V vajeer | H hathi | O oont | G ghoda | (P) pyada | Shatranj | Shah | Maat |
| Hungarian | K király | V vezér | B bástya | F futó | H huszár | (P) gyalog/ paraszt | Sakk | Sakk | Matt |
| Icelandic | K kóngur | D drottning | H hrókur | B biskup | R riddari | (P) peð | Skák | Skák | Skák og mát |
| Indonesian | R raja | M menteri | B benteng | G gajah | K kuda | (P) pion | Catur | Skak | Skak mati |
| Irish | R rí | B banríon | C caiseal | E easpag | D ridire | (F) fichillín/ ceithearnach | Ficheall | Sáinn | Marbhsháinn |
| Italian | R re | D donna | T torre | A alfiere | C cavallo | (P) pedone | Scacchi | Scacco | Scacco matto |
| Japanese | キング | クイーン | ルーク | ビショップ | ナイト | ポーン | チェス | 王手 | |
| Korean | K 킹 | Q 퀸 | R 룩 | B 비숍 | N 나이트 | (P) 폰 | 체스 | 체크 | 체크메이트 |
| Latin | K rex | Q regina | R turris | B episcopus | N eques | (P) pedes | Scacci | Scaccus | Mattus |
| Latvian | K karalis | D dāma | T tornis | L laidnis | Z zirgs | (B) bandinieks | Šahs | Šahs | Šahs un mats |
| Lithuanian | K karalius | V valdovė | B bokštas | R rikis | Ž žirgas | (P) pėstininkas | Šachmatai | Šach | Matas |
| Luxembourgish | K kinnek | D damm | T tuerm | L leefer | P päerd | (B) bauer | Schach | Schach | Schachmatt |
| Norwegian | K konge | D dronning | T tårn | L løper | S springer | (B) bonde | Sjakk | Sjakk | Sjakkmatt |
| Persian | ش شاه | و وزیر | ق/ر قلعه/رخ | ف فیل | ا اسب | س سرباز | شطرنج | کیش | کیشمات |
| Polish | K król | H hetman | W wieża | G goniec | S skoczek | (P) pion | Szachy | Szach | Mat |
| Portuguese | R rei | D dama/rainha | T torre | B bispo | C cavalo | (P) peão | Xadrez | Xeque | Xeque-mate |
| Romanian | R rege | D regină | T turn | N nebun | C cal | (P) pion | Şah | Şah | Mat |
| Russian | Кр король | Ф ферзь | Л ладья | С слон | К конь | (П) пешка | Шахматы | Шах | Мат |
| Serbian | К краљ | Д дама | Т топ | Л ловац | С скакач | (П) пешак | Шах | Шах | Мат |
| Sicilian | R re | D riggina | T turru | A alferu | S scecchu | (P) pidinu | Scacchi | ||
| Slovakian | K kráľ | D dáma | V veža | S strelec | J jazdec | (P) pešiak | Šach | Šach | |
| Slovene | K kralj | D dama | T trdnjava | L lovec | S skakač | (P) kmet | Šah | Šah | Mat/Šahmat |
| Spanish | R rey | D dama/reina | T torre | A alfil | C caballo | (P) peón | Ajedrez | Jaque | Jaque mate |
| Swedish | K kung | D dam | T torn | L löpare | S springare | (B) bonde | Schack | Schack | Schack matt |
| Telugu | రాజు | మంత్రి | ఏనుగు | శకటు | గుర్రం | బంటు | చదరంగం | దాడి | కట్టు |
| Turkish | Ş/K şah/kral | V vezir | K kale | F fil | A at | (P) asker/piyon | Satranç | Şah | Mat |
| Ukrainian | Kр король | D королева | T тура | C слон | K кінь | (П) пішак | Шахи | Шах | Мат |
| Vietnamese | V Vua | H Hậu | X Xe | T Tượng | M Mã | _ Tốt | Cờ vua | Chiếu | Chiếu bí |
| Welsh | T teyrn/brenin | B brenhines | C castell | E esgob | M marchog | (G) gwerinwr | Gwyddbwyll | Siach | Siachmat |
