Shirov (SHEER-ahf), Alexey - Soviet grandmaster Schliemann (SHLEE-mon), Adolf - German player Saemisch (SAME-ish), Friedrich - German Grandmaster
Ruy Lopez (Rue-y Lopeth) - 16th century Spanish priest and player Robatsch (RO-bahtsch), Karl - Austrian Grandmaster Reti (RAY-tee), Richard - Hungarian master Polugaevsky (pah-loo-gah-YEV-skee), Lev - Soviet GM Pirc (Peerts), Vasja - Yugoslav Grandmaster Petroff (PEHT-roff), Alexander - Russian master Najdorf (NIGH-dorf), Miguel - Argentine Grandmaster Maroczy (muh-ROT-see), Geza - Hungarian Grandmaster Ljubojevic (Luh-BOY-yuh-vitch), Ljubomir - Yugoslav GM Lange (LAHN-guh), Max - German player and author Labourdonnais (lah-boor-do-NAY), Louis - 19th century player Kortchnoi (kahrch-NOY), Viktor - Swiss GM Kmoch (k-MOTCH), Hans - chess master and writer Khalifman (kha-leef-MAHN), Alexander - former FIDE WC Keres (CARE-ess), Paul - Soviet Grandmaster Kavalek (kuh-VAHL-ek), Lubomir - American GM Kasparov (Kah-SPAHR-off), Garry - former WC Janowsky (Yan-OF-sky), Dawid - Polish master Giuoco Piano (JOKE-o Pee-AH-no) - Italian Opening Gruenfeld (GREWN-feld), Ernst - Austrian GM Gligoric (Glee-GO-rich), Svetozar - Yugoslav GM Gaprindashvili (gah-prin-dahsh-VEE-lee)Nona - fmr wmn's WC sigh- See what I mean about this being a tough topic?) Here is a short list:Īlapin (ah-LAH-pin), Semyon - Russian masterĪlekhine (ahl-YECK-een), Alexander - former world championĪntoshin (ahn-TOE-sheen), Vladimir - Soviet grandmasterīernstein (BERN-shtyne), Ossip - Russian Grandmasterīisguier (BIS-gire), Arthur - American Grandmasterīogolyubov (bah-gah-LYU-bahf), Efim - German Grandmasterīoleslavsky (ba-leh-SLAV-skee), Isaak - Soviet Grandmasterīotvinnik (baht-VIHN-ik), Mikhail - former world championīronstein, David (brahn-SHTAYN) - Soviet GrandmasterĬharousek (Kha-ROO-sek), Rudolf - Hungarian masterĬhernin (chair-NEEN), Alexander - Soviet GrandmasterĬhiburdanidze (tchee-boor-dah-NEED-zeh)Maya-fmr wmn's WCĬolle (KAW-lee), Edgard - Belgium championĭvoretsky (dvahr-YET-skee), Mark - chess trainerĮn passant (ahn pah-SAHNT) - a special pawn capturingįedorowicz (Fe-do-RO-vich), John - American GM This one also says the "J" is silent, not the "L" in Ljubojevic. On the others, I just don't know if my prior source or the present was more accurate. Being WRY rather than RHU-EE, tho I hear it that way quite commonly is the USA.
(And I am almost certain my Ruy Lopez was already correct, as it was based upon phonics of Spanish language. I notice that it shows Pirc, Euwe, Ljubojevic, and very surprisingly even Ruy Lopez pronounced differently than my prior source. }8-)įianchetto (Italian)= I believe is correctly fee' an KEH' toe, yes?īut is very commonly said fee an CHET' oh or fee an SHET' o by players.īritish Google has some pronunciation sites Here is a short list of pronunciations found today.
Help !Įuwe = something like oww(rhymes with you) wa or !?Ĭollister = Cahl iss ter. Ruy Lopez = RI Lopez pronounced like Rye bread or Wry humour.Īlekhine = I've heard it Al YEK' ee in and AL' ek yin ?!. Pirc = I've heard it's like Pertz or Peertz to pronounce, rather than Perk or Peerk Thus I believe it would be KasPAR'ov rather then KASparov (right? Or bad example?) Generality: I have read that most Russian names and Eastern European, of 3 or more syllables, tend to place the speaking Emphasis upon the Second syllable rather than on the First as English tends toward. ' = a secondary Emphasis if the syllable is in Small Letters ' =used to denote primary Emphasis, along with Capital Letters Here the symbols used are as =being used to denote the "schwa" sounding of letter "e" (which sounds nothing like the "a" in Schwa however!) ov has become the more popular interpretation for Russian names. And some sources try to change their spelling to make it more phonetic, etc.įor EG, Petroff or Petrov ?! Nowadays it seems the. Especially names, since there is not always agreement about a particular player, for spelling it, even within English. Perhaps someone knows a good link for the phonetics ?īesides GM's, Opening Names and Chess Terms are quite appropriate for this thread. The purpose of my thread is to learn along with you, or from you. SO: Please confirm those given here as well, if you can. This is not something I am GOOD at, just INTERESTED in. Please do correct me if something is not right, or Question it if you have heard it otherwise than given by anyone here. Pronouncing GM's & Chess terms in English I would like to know better how some GM names are pronounced, and sure some others would too! Please help us to build a Reference here if you can.
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