<p>It is called <a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A0%A1%E5%9E%92%E8%B1%A1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;堡垒象&quot;</a>.</p>
<p>Not bao3ling3, but bao3lei3.</p>

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2021-02-03T05:12:58.473Z
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<p>In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-fwCZfvKmE&amp;t=75" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this chess video</a>, chess grandmaster 杨凯淇 describes a recent remarkable chess game where super-GM Caruana violated a chess principle:</p>
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<p>在这个局面当中，走了象吃c3。直接用自己的<strong>bǎolǐng</strong>象却换掉了对方的这个c3马。<br />
<sub>杨凯淇</sub></p>
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<p>I don't know what &quot;bǎolǐng&quot; means here, although I'd guess bǎo is 保.  In English, we'd call the bishop the &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianchetto" rel="nofollow noreferrer">fianchetto</a>ed bishop&quot;, borrowing from Italian.  I'm also not sure if 却 is correct.  So we might translate this to:</p>
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<p>In this position, [he] moved the bishop to c3.  [He] directly swaps his fianchettoed bishop for his opponent's c3 knight.</p>
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<p><strong>Question</strong>: What are the correct characters for 直接用自己的bǎolǐng象却换掉了对方的这个c3马?</p>

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2021-02-04T17:59:57.743Z
Also that 却 might be 去 [qù]… seems to me there is no abruptness here, yet this “却” seems odd…
xbh
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What are the correct characters for 直接用自己的bǎolǐng象却换掉了对方的这个c3马 describing Caruana's recent surprise chess move?
# What are the correct characters for 直接用自己的bǎolǐng象却换掉了对方的这个c3马 describing Caruana's recent surprise chess move?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-03)

In [this chess video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-fwCZfvKmE&t=75), chess grandmaster 杨凯淇 describes a recent remarkable chess game where super-GM Caruana violated a chess principle:

> 在这个局面当中，走了象吃c3。直接用自己的**bǎolǐng**象却换掉了对方的这个c3马。  
> 杨凯淇

I don't know what "bǎolǐng" means here, although I'd guess bǎo is 保. In English, we'd call the bishop the "[fianchetto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianchetto)ed bishop", borrowing from Italian. I'm also not sure if 却 is correct. So we might translate this to:

> In this position, [he] moved the bishop to c3. [He] directly swaps his fianchettoed bishop for his opponent's c3 knight.

**Question**: What are the correct characters for 直接用自己的bǎolǐng象却换掉了对方的这个c3马?

**Tags:** terminology, transcription
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Also that 却 might be 去 [qù]… seems to me there is no abruptness here, yet this “却” seems odd…  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-02-03. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It is called ["堡垒象"](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A0%A1%E5%9E%92%E8%B1%A1).

Not bao3ling3, but bao3lei3.


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