The Pawn
The Knight
The Bishop
The Rook
The Queen
The King
Castling
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The Basics of Chess
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The Moves |
The Rook |
The Rook is the second most powerful piece of all the chessmen after the Queen.
It can move horizontally or vertically - one direction at a time - any amount of squares
as long as no other piece blocks its path (the Rook cannot leap over any pieces).
The Rook captures the same way it moves. When it captures an enemy
piece it displaces that piece (occupies the square of the captured piece).
White's Rook has 14 possible moves, indicated by dots.
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