Rook

Promoted rook A promoted rook ("dragon king", 龍王 Ryūō) moves as a rook or as a king, but not as both on the same turn.

A king and a rook is sufficient material to checkmate an opposing lone king, although it's a little harder than checkmating with king and queen; thus the rook's distinction as a major piece above the knight and bishop.

Castling main Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook, then placing the rook on the other side of the king, adjacent to it.

Comparison to other pieces Versus rook A rook is generally worth about two pawns more than a bishop (see Chess piece relative value and the exchange ).

If one file is particularly important, a player might advance one rook on it, then position the other rook behind doubling the rooks.

If the player completes a two-square king move without touching a rook, the player must move the correct rook accordingly if castling in that direction is legal.

In handicap games where odds of a rook are given, the player giving odds may still castle with the absent rook, moving only the king.

In Rome from the early 17th century until the late 19th century, the rook might be placed on any square up to and including the king's square, and the king might be moved to any square on the other side of the rook.

Other more complicated endings are classified according to the pieces on board other than kings, e.g. " rook and pawn versus rook endgame ".

Rb1+ wins white's rook, because the king is forced to move away from the check, thereby exposing the rook to attack (a skewer ).

The chariot is sometimes known as the rook by English-speaking players, since it is like the rook in Western chess.

The logical form can be had by the bouncing of a ball (for example, twenty bounces might communicate a white rook's being on the king's rook 1 square).

Carroll enjoyed world traveling and occasionally using his skills to play card games such as blackjack and rook.

Paperwork found there about skip hire led officers to search an address in Rook Street, Nelson, where they found equipment used to grow cannabis.

Rook Kast could have brought back the old ways of Mandalore as a way of atoning for failing her people, especially when they needed her most.

Salt Spring LCC candidates who have declared early in the race are, from left, Gayle Baker, Earl Rook and Brian Webster.

The player from Orissa prepared for a beautiful combination and, on the 21st move, sacrificed the rook.

A sudden Queen, Rook, and pawn attack from Joshi ensnared Shariff’s King with a looming checkmate.

Fixed a rare issue where Emmrich did not lead Rook to the next task in his recruitment Where the Dead Must Go quest.

Hakobyan attempted to use a desperado tactic to indirectly safeguard his own rook, but he overlooked a fatal intermezzo.