I'm not a native French speaker, but I would think of "échiquéen(ne)".

(egregious spelling mistake corrected)

tony37 wrote on 01/27/13 at 16:39:55:


I found "tradition échecienne" online.  Maybe it's non-standard.  Are you a native French speaker?  To me, publication d'échecs looks suspect because it has a double meaning, "the publication of chess."  But I am not a native French speaker.  I need the advice of someone who is, and is a chess player as well.

In German you can say "Schach-Publishing," but in the Romance languages you need an adjective.  The French have one; you can say "publication echecienne."  But what can you say in Spanish or Portuguese?  Spanish has "ajedrecista," but it means "chess player," not having to do with chess.  Similarly "enxadrista" in Portuguese.  So does either of these languages have an adjective comparable to "echecienne?"

I found a Spanish phrase online "colores ajedreca," but I am not sure if "ajedreca" is an acceptable Spanish word, since that was the only example I could find. And why not "colores ajedrecas?"