translation of 2 chess references

[Krystyna and Nory Steiger]

Hello SEELANGERS,
there are a couple of chess references in my P'etsukh text I'm not quite sure of.  I know that pawns can become queens under certain circumstances.  ..
In the novel, two characters who are enemies discover they both love chess. They play for a few hours running: 
"... сначала они немного поцапались, поскольку Душкин и Фондервякину объявил о своих претензиях на освободившуюся жилплощаль, но слово за слово, они договорились до пешки, которая метит в ферзи, и немедленно выяснилось, что оба завзятые шахматисты." In other words, "they agreed upon a pawn aspiring to be queen"?
A little later, Fonderviakin shows Dushkin to be a cheat, not at chess, though he uses an example from chess to expose him to the tenants:  "То-то я гляжу, товарищи, что у него давеча пешка с b4 сразу перепрыгнула на b6!"  In other words: "Aha, Comrades, I can see his pawn's just jumped from b4 right over to b6!" ?  Shaky translations, but am I on the right track?
Thanks for your time and advice,
Krystyna


Krystyna Steiger, PhD
Literary Translation
steiger at can.rogers.com

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