[A Dutch flag on the edge of a puddle of water]
colors, materials 		[A plate of fava beans, with bacon and potatoes]
meals 		[a handful of Brussels sprouts]
food 		[small saucepan: lidded pot with a stick handle]
kitchen		 [Me riding a bicycle]
bicycles 		[Cows in a meadow]
animals 		[a variety of items]
more
[The Face of Dutch]

Chess

Max Euwe - hear - World Chess Champion 1935-37; defeated and later lost again to Alexander Aljechin (Alekhine).

Scheveningen
Hoogovenstournooi
IJmuiden
hear 		Scheveningen is a seaside resort near The Hague. A new way of playing the Sicilian Defense was introduced at a tournament there (long ago.)
The Hoogovens ('blast furnaces') was the name of the major Dutch iron works, based in the city of IJmuiden, that financed a famous chess tournament. Nowadays called 'Corus.'

[a chess board]
schaakbord
schaken
schaakbord
zwart
wit
hear

chess
chessboard
black
white
schaak
mat
pat
remise
hear - 2 		check
checkmate
stalemate
draw
[pawns]
pionnen 		[knights]
paarden 		[knights]
paarden
[bishops]
lopers 		[bishops]
lopers 		[bishops]
lopers
[]
torens 		[queens]
dames 		[kings]
koningen
[the white chess pieces]
pion, toren, paard, loper, dame, koning
pion
paard
loper
hear 		pawn
[horse] knight
[?] bishop
toren
dame
(koningin)
koning
hear - (2) 		[tower] castle
[lady] queen
(queen)
king
rokeren
slaan
promoveren
hear - 2 		castling
to take
~ queen a pawn
[promotion]
opening
middenspel
eindspel
hear 		opening
middle game
endgame
winnen
verliezen
aanvallen
verdedigen
hear 		to win
to lose
to attack
to defend
- more about verbs
['to take 1']
slaan 1 		['to take 2']
slaan 2
[~queening a pawn 1]
promoveren 1 		[~queening a pawn 2]
promoveren 2 		[~queening a pawn 3]
promoveren 3
Wie is er aan de beurt? - hear - Whose turn is it?

[]
opening

[]
middenspel 		[]
eindspel

Correct Chess Pieces

My brother Peter tells me my pieces above are not (anatomically?) correct.
(These five pictures by © Peter Schuffelen. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.)
[chess pieces on a chess board] [chess pieces, one of each kind]
[chess queen and king]
dame en koning 		[bishop and rook]
loper en toren 		[knight and pawn]
paard en pion

Rokeren - 0-0 and 0-0-0 (Castling)

[castling short, white] [castling short, white]
[castling long, white] [castling long, white]
[castling long, black] [castling long, black]
To say 'koningin' for 'queen' in Dutch chess is very unusual.
Dutch church 'bishop' is 'bisschop' - I don't know what the word 'loper' originally meant.
The stress in 'Rokeren' is in the second syllable, which is a bit unusual.

Sports Words - Hear Names of Dutch sportsmen and -women

Everyday Dutch Words - Useful Words and Phrases for Travelers
Learning Dutch? (Lessons - Suggested Method)

[playing cards and dice]
cards and dice

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