translation of 2 chess references

[Alina Israeli]

No, договорились here means 'talked-talked-talked and (by talking)  
got to (the point of)', usually used with something negative or  
deprecative.

On Jul 30, 2008, at 6:47 PM, Krystyna and Nory Steiger wrote:

> 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"?
>

Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
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Washington DC. 20016
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