''Priyome'' ( rus, приём, p=prʲɪˈjɵm, a=Ru-приём.ogg) is a
Russian noun that is used directly and generically in English to represent some sort of typical maneuver or technique in
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
. For example, a typical defensive technique in
rook endings
End, END, Ending, or variation, may refer to:
End
*In mathematics:
**End (category theory)
** End (topology)
**End (graph theory)
** End (group theory) (a subcase of the previous)
**End (endomorphism)
*In sports and games
** End (gridiron footbal ...
is to use the
king
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, queen, which title is also given to the queen consort, consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contempora ...
to attack the opponent's
pawns.
In Russian, ''
приём'' is a common word with various meanings including "reception", "acceptance" and "gimmick", and is used in contexts as diverse as music, literature, computer science, and martial arts. It is also very common in Russian chess literature to refer to typical maneuvers used in positions with certain
pawn structures or other defining characteristics. Because the word does not have an exact equivalent in English—with "device", "technique", or "method" the closest translations—it has appeared
untranslated in English-language chess literature, although this usage is not yet widespread.
Examples
A Russian movie, ''Buket Na Priyome'', is a crime drama highlighting the technique as a theme and tactic. A famous game by
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...
in Nicaragua has been used by training academies
to illustrate the technique. After e4–e5 in the first diagram below, the d- is potentially open, and thus a candidate to be controlled by White's rooks:
References
External links
64 Commandments of Chessby
Bruce Pandolfini
''Chess Strategy'', Second Editionan
''Chess and Checkers: the Way to Mastership'' both by
Edward Lasker
''The Blue Book of Chess'' "Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings" by
Howard Staunton
Chess Strategy free lessons on basic elements.
Chess terminology
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