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PMG wrote:

> I solve the problem by not speaking to Chess players (not too hard to do), but
> in my mind Ruy goes something like "ruewey", but I have no idea if that's
> right.
>
> Pete
>
> Patrick Walsh wrote:
>
> > In article <#VKo0HiI$GA.325@cpmsnbbsa05> , "RobF" <robfox9@email.msn.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone please tell me how to pronounce Ruy?
> > >
> > >
> > I've had this difficulty for many years.  So I started pronouncing "Ruy
> > Lopez" "Spa-nish."  I also had the same problem with Guioco Piano, which I
> > learned to pronounce "I-tal-ian."  :)
>

Ruy rhymes with "moo-ey." "Italian" does not cut it as a substitute for "giuoco
piano," as this is a variation (4.c3) of the Italian game (1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6,
3.Bc4 Bc5). Other variations include the Max Lange Attack (4.d4) and the Evans
Gambit (4.b4).

For the record, "giuoco" is pronounced "je-OH-ko", almost like "joke-o," but with
a slight "e" sound (barely prounounced) after the j-sound in the first syllable.
A few glasses of a robust chianti will help your pronunciation (though not your
game, "quiet" or otherwise... ;-) )

Best,

Bill Conte
Italian-American patzer