{"id":783,"date":"2013-03-11T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T13:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=783"},"modified":"2013-04-04T01:34:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T01:34:24","slug":"check-and-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/check-and-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Check And Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chess\"<\/a><\/p>\n

March 9th would have been Bobby Fischer’s 70th birthday, as reported by R\u00daV<\/a> and other news sites. Iceland will always be tied to Bobby Fischer thanks to Reykjav\u00edk being the site of the 1972 World Chess Championship (Einv\u00edgi aldarinnar<\/strong> – Match of the Century) which he won, as well as it being his final resting place. Chess is a popular pastime in Iceland; just recently the 28th Reykjav\u00edk Open<\/a> was held at the Harpa music hall on the Reykjav\u00edk waterfront. The article itself has a number of interesting terms to add to your vocabulary, and then we’ll talk a bit about chess \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The title of the article is Bobby Fischer sj\u00f6tugur<\/strong> – the word used to indicate his age of 70 isn’t the cardinal number sj\u00f6t\u00edu<\/strong>, but instead an adjective that incorporates the word for a set of ten – tugur<\/strong>. You see this a lot when someone’s age is being reported, or their approximate age. Other examples would be:<\/p>\n

tv\u00ed\u00b7tugur (adj)<\/strong> – 20 years old
\n\u00fer\u00ed\u00b7tugur (adj)<\/strong> – 30 years old
\nfer\u00b7tugur (adj)<\/strong> – 40 years old
\nfimm\u00b7tugur (adj)<\/strong> – 50 years old
\nsex\u00b7tugur (adj)<\/strong> – 60 years old<\/p>\n

However:
\n\u00e1tt\u00b7r\u00e6\u00f0ur (adj)<\/strong> – 80 years old
\nn\u00ed\u00b7r\u00e6\u00f0ur (adj)<\/strong> – 90 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
tug\/ur (m) – ten<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\ntugur<\/td>\ntugir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\ntug<\/td>\ntugi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\ntug(i)<\/td>\ntugum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\ntugar<\/td>\ntuga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

From the first paragraph:<\/p>\n

“Bobby Fischer, fyrrverandi heimsmeistari \u00ed sk\u00e1k, hef\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 sj\u00f6tugur \u00ed g\u00e6r. Hann f\u00e6ddist 9. mars 1943 \u00ed Chicago. Fischer var\u00f0 ungur afbur\u00f0a sk\u00e1kmeistari, hann var\u00f0 st\u00f3rmeistari 15 \u00e1ra. Fischer var\u00f0 \u00e1tta sinnum Bandar\u00edkjameistari. \u00cd upphafi \u00e1ttunda \u00e1ratugarins var hann langbesti sk\u00e1kma\u00f0ur heims.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“Bobby Fischer, former world chess champion, would have been seventy yesterday. He was born March 9, 1943 in Chicago. Fischer was an exceptional young chess master, and became a grandmaster at the age of 15. He was 8-time U.S. champion. At the beginning of the 70s be was the best chess player in the world.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Another word with tugur<\/strong> is \u00e1ra\u00b7tugur<\/strong> – decade. It is interesting to note that the 70s are referred to as \u00e1ttundi \u00e1ratugurinn<\/strong>, so actually the 8th decade. This is also how the -tugur<\/em><\/strong> adjectives work, so you will see something like \u00e1 fertugs aldri<\/strong> referring to someone in their thirties.<\/p>\n

More words to help you with the article:<\/p>\n

\r\na\u00f0\u00b7dragand\/i           - antecedents, events leading up to sth\r\nein\u00b7v\u00edgi               - duel, match\r\nsigr\/a v (acc) (-a\u00f0i)  - win, defeat\r\nSvartfjallaland        - Montenegro\r\nleika lausum hala      - to be free\r\nd\u00fas\/a v (-a\u00f0i)         - be compelled to stay\r\n<\/pre>\n
Some general chess-related terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
tefl\/a v (acc) – play chess<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\ntefli<\/td>\ntefldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nteflir<\/td>\ntefldir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nteflir<\/td>\ntefldi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nteflum<\/td>\ntefldum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\ntefli\u00f0<\/td>\ntefldu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\ntefla<\/td>\ntefldu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
sk\u00e1k f (-ar, -ir)<\/strong> – chess
\nk\u00f3ng\/ur m (-s, -ar)<\/strong> – king
\ndrottning f (-ar, -ar)<\/strong> – queen
\nhr\u00f3k\/ur m (-s, -ar)<\/strong> – rook
\nbiskup m (-s, -ar)<\/strong> – bishop
\nriddar\/i m (-a, -ar)<\/strong> – knight
\npe\u00f0 n (-s, -)<\/strong> – pawn
\nhr\u00f3kun<\/strong> – castling<\/p>\n
In Icelandic, you actually “kill” a piece rather than “capture” it in chess (those Vikings are harsh :)). So we use a\u00f0 drepa<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
drepa (acc) – kill (capture in chess)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\ndrep<\/td>\ndrap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\ndrepur<\/td>\ndrapst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\ndrepur<\/td>\ndrap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\ndrepum<\/td>\ndr\u00e1pum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\ndrepi\u00f0<\/td>\ndr\u00e1pu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\ndrepa<\/td>\ndr\u00e1pu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
There is a great page about chess on the Icelandic Wikipedia page: http:\/\/is.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sk\u00e1k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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