Rook (chess)
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The rook (♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture an enemy piece on its path; it may participate in castling. Each player starts the game with two rooks, one in each corner on their side of the board.
Quotes
[edit]- The Rooks are reason on both sides,
Which keep the corner-houses still,
And warily stand to watch their tides,
By secret art to work their will,
To take sometime a thief unseen
Might mischief mean to King or Queen.- Nicholas Breton, "The Chess Play" (1593), The Rooks