Chess terms in French
The list of French translations of chess terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- algebraic notation • notation algébrique
B
- backward pawn • pion arriéré
C
- castling • roque
- check • échec au roi
- checkmate • échec et mat
- chess opening • ouverture
- chessboard • échiquier
D
- double check • échec double
- doubled pawns • pions doublés
- draw • nulle
E
- en passant • en passant
- endgame • finale
F
- fianchetto • fianchetto
- FIDE • Fédération internationale des échecs
- fork • fourchette
G
- gambit • gambit
I
- isolated pawn • pion isolé
M
- middlegame • milieu de partie
O
- outpost • avant-poste
P
- passed pawn • pion passé
- pawn structure • structure de pions
- pin • clouage
- promotion • promotion
S
- skewer • enfilade
- stalemate • pat
W
- windmill • moulinet
Z
- Zugzwang • zugzwang
- Zwischenzug • coup intermédiaire
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