Chess Expressions
Schack, öppning, tidsnöd — Swedish for the board, the clock and the club.
Chess Swedish from the pieces up: the army (springaren leaps, löparen runs), the game's three acts, castling short and long, the tactics with kitchen names (gaffel — a fork is a fork), the endings from schackmatt to the tipped king, time trouble, and the club culture: a Tuesday evening in a basement, losing with dignity, playing again next week.
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schack
chess
Tip: lit. the same.
- 2
ett schackbräde
a chessboard
Tip: lit. the same.
- 3
en pjäs
a piece
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
kungen
the king
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
damen
the queen
Tip: lit. 'the lady' — not drottningen.
- 6
ett torn
a rook
Tip: lit. 'a tower'.
- 7
en löpare
a bishop
Tip: lit. 'a runner'.
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en springare
a knight
Tip: lit. 'a leaper'.
- 9
en bonde
a pawn
Tip: lit. 'a farmer'.
- 10
ett drag
a move
Tip: lit. the same.
- 11
göra ett drag
to make a move
Tip: lit. the same.
- 12
vit att dra
white to play
Tip: lit. the same.
- 13
en öppning
an opening
Tip: lit. the same.
- 14
mittspelet
the middlegame
Tip: lit. the same.
- 15
slutspelet
the endgame
Tip: lit. the same.
- 16
rockera
to castle
Tip: lit. the same.
- 17
kort rockad
kingside
Tip: lit. 'short castling'.
- 18
lång rockad
queenside
Tip: lit. 'long castling'.
- 19
slå
to capture
Tip: lit. 'to strike'.
- 20
ett offer
a sacrifice
Tip: lit. the same.
- 21
offra en bonde
to sacrifice a pawn
Tip: lit. the same.
- 22
en gaffel
a fork
Tip: lit. the same.
- 23
en bindning
a pin
Tip: lit. the same.
- 24
en avtäckt attack
a discovered attack
Tip: lit. the same.
- 25
stå i schack
to be in check
Tip: lit. 'stand in check'.
- 26
schackmatt
checkmate
Tip: lit. the same.
- 27
patt
stalemate
Tip: lit. the same — a draw.
- 28
remi
a draw
Tip: lit. the same.
- 29
erbjuda remi
to offer a draw
Tip: lit. the same.
- 30
ge upp
to resign
Tip: lit. the same.
- 31
fälla kungen
to tip over the king
Tip: lit. the same — the gesture.
- 32
en tabbe
a blunder
Tip: lit. the same.
- 33
tappa en pjäs
to hang a piece
Tip: lit. 'to lose a piece' — for nothing.
- 34
se det en sekund för sent
to see it one second too late
Tip: lit. the same.
- 35
en schackklocka
a chess clock
Tip: lit. the same.
- 36
tidsnöd
time trouble
Tip: lit. the same — 'time distress'.
- 37
förlora på tid
to lose on time
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
blixtschack
blitz
Tip: lit. the same.
- 39
en rating
a rating
Tip: lit. the same.
- 40
ta poäng
to gain points
Tip: lit. the same.
- 41
en turnering
a tournament
Tip: lit. the same.
- 42
en schackklubb
a chess club
Tip: lit. the same.
- 43
en tisdagskväll i en källare
a Tuesday evening in a basement
Tip: lit. the same — every club in the country.
- 44
analysera efteråt
to analyse afterwards
Tip: lit. the same — the best part.
- 45
hitta draget man missade
to find the move you missed
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
en öppningsrepertoar
an opening repertoire
Tip: lit. the same.
- 47
studera slutspel
to study endgames
Tip: lit. the same — which nobody enjoys.
- 48
förlora med värdighet
to lose gracefully
Tip: lit. the same.
- 49
ta i hand
to shake hands
Tip: lit. the same — before and after.
- 50
och spela igen nästa vecka
and play again next week
Tip: lit. the same.