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How to pronounce the "giouconi piano"

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The guico piano or whatever it is.. i play it but ive never said its name out loud... LOL

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Originally posted by Santa Drummer
The guico piano or whatever it is.. i play it but ive never said its name out loud... LOL
Not hard to believe since you can't even write it correctly.

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Giuoco Piano - think it is pronounced gee-oo-oh-co pee-ann-oh.

Correct me if I am wrong though.

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Originally posted by lausey
Giuoco Piano - think it is pronounced gee-oo-oh-co pee-ann-oh.

Correct me if I am wrong though.
Pretty close,impossible to reproduce the sound by writing however.

For the record "giuoco piano" means "(I) play slow".

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Originally posted by Ravello
Pretty close,impossible to reproduce the sound by writing however.

For the record "giuoco piano" means "(I) play slow".
I thought it meant "quiet game." Perhaps, something is lost in translation from Italian to English. Slow and quiet seem quite different.

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Yes,also quiet is correct.
Piano means both slow or quiet,depends in which context you put it.

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"JOKE-o Pee-AH-no". I heard some club players talking about some openings and when a beginner started when Geeyoukou--, they lashed at him, "it's Joke-o, you fool!" But maybe they're wrong so...

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all very close its pronounced gee-ooh-ko pee- ann- no
just call it the italian game
'the most mispronaounced italian word in chess is fianchetto
pronounced fee-ann (key yet) oh.... in brackets=1 syllable

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Thats why I stopped playing it, I didn't know how to pronounce it.
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It's pronounced as JOKE-0

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Originally posted by Ravello
Yes,also quiet is correct.
Piano means both slow or quiet,depends in which context you put it.
Maybe that has something to do with the fact that a piano is a percussion instrument? uhhh... duhhh! HAHA! CHess is music, too! Shazam! hehe Oh, and the quiet pedal on most pianos! It all fits!

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It's not really quiet... pretty lively if we go with the Evans Gambit. But the Giuco Pianissimo is hell to play...

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Originally posted by lausey
it is pronounced pee-ann-oh.

Correct me if I am wrong though.
no...u are absolutely right on this. Happens wen i am a few beers down.... "pee-and-ohhh!!!"....wat a relief.

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