PRONOUNCE THAT CHESS WORD ...

Sometimes people ask how to pronounce certain chess terms, like en passant and en prise.

Here is a list of chess terms and personalities and their pronunciation by Bill Wall.

I warn you though: Max Euwe can only be pronounced correctly by Dutchmen and Flemish people ...... 😀

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/pronounc.htm

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Sometimes people ask how to pronounce certain chess terms, like en passant and en prise.

Here is a list of chess terms and personalities and their pronunciation by Bill Wall.

I warn you though: Max Euwe can only be pronounced correctly by Dutchmen and Flemish people ...... 😀

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/pronounc.htm

Machgielis! I'd love to hear an english tongue try to pronounce that 😛
Reminds of the times I watched formula 1 on BBC just to hear them say 'Jos Verstappen' 🙄😀

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Sometimes people ask how to pronounce certain chess terms, like en passant and en prise.

Here is a list of chess terms and personalities and their pronunciation by Bill Wall.

I warn you though: Max Euwe can only be pronounced correct ...[text shortened]...
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/pronounc.htm

i was rather surprised by

Alekhine (Al-YOCK-in)

i always thought it was supposed to be

oo lahck hine

is this not so then?

in friendship,
prad

Originally posted by pradtf
i was rather surprised by

Alekhine (Al-YOCK-in)

It is A-LYO-HIN with second stressed syllable. No "k" there.

Originally posted by TovMauzer
It is A-LYO-HIN with second stressed syllable. No "k" there.

then it is 'al' and not 'ool'.

no 'k' either!

alright thanks

in friendship,
prad

Originally posted by SirLoseALot
Machgielis! I'd love to hear an english tongue try to pronounce that 😛
Reminds of the times I watched formula 1 on BBC just to hear them say 'Jos Verstappen' 🙄😀

And what about "Scheveningen". Check it out on Bill Wall's list ...... lachúúúúúú 😀 😲 🙄

If people want to know how the Dutch vowel "eu" in "Euwe" is pronounced, please visit:

http://www.stanford.edu/~sipma/proexerc.html

and listen carefully to : " deun dreunen steunde Teun ".

You'll find it in the "word box"(first sentence) at twelfth place on the left below "Now Pronounce correctly:"

Originally posted by ivanhoe

If people want to know how the Dutch vowel "eu" in "Euwe" is pronounced, please visit:

http://www.stanford.edu/~sipma/proexerc.html

and listen carefully to : " deun dreunen steunde Teun ".

You'll find it in the "word b ...[text shortened]... t twelfth place on the left below "Now Pronounce correctly:"

The vowels aren't too bad, some of the consonants I can't get a handle on. Thanks for the links.

Originally posted by TovMauzer
It is A-LYO-HIN with second stressed syllable. No "k" there.

From the Oxford Chess Companion....it's pronounced al-yekh-een.
I should know, that's my name too.

Originally posted by Drumbo
From the Oxford Chess Companion....it's pronounced al-yekh-een.
I should know, that's my name too.

But the Russian pronounciation is different.

Originally posted by Balla88
But the Russian pronounciation is different.

Whatever...here's yet another source:

"Alexander (Aleksandr) Alexanderovich Alekhine (Al-YEKH-een) was born on October 31, 1892 (Halloween) in Moscow (October 19, 1892 on the Russian calendar). "

You tell me how it's pronounced.

And another:

Alekhine (ahl-YECK-een), Alexander - former world champion


I rest my case

Baeh - bee Fish - er

Originally posted by Drumbo
And another:

Alekhine (ahl-YECK-een), Alexander - former world champion


I rest my case

Ask a Russian person.

I always pronounced it Alek (as in Alex) - hine (as in the "behind"😉


i have also heard some say "al - cane"

i suppose it all depends where you come from - what your native laungage is.