2/16/09

Chess Rules IV - The Rooks

The Rooks, in the initial position of the pieces, are put in the corners of the board, having each player two Rooks in the beginning of the play.





Movement - The Rook moves in straight lines, in other words, along the lines and columns, as it is demonstrated in the next image:



The Rook can only move along the lines and/or columns if they are unoccupied, if not, his mobility is compromised. As we can see in the next image the Rook is enclosed by pieces of his color, seeing so his mobility come down only to 5 squares instead of 14 when the lines and columns are unoccupied.





Capture - The Rook, such as the Bishop already previously explained, can capture the adversary's pieces which stands in his way.


As we can see in the image above presented, the Rook can capture the adversary's Bishop.

Hint - The Rook has tactic functions of dominating open columns (without Pawns) where his movements can be well used, not being therefore much played in the initial phase of the play,but yes in the middlegame and endgame.

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