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Bill Conte wrote:

> 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

Thanks Bill, I alway thought that the u was pronounced in giuoco.    But I only have
enough Italian in me to get the name, not enough to speak the language.

Pete Galati