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 Rook (chess) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rooks are most powerful towards the end of a game, where they can move unobstructed by pawns and control large numbers of squares.
A rook (borrowed from Persian رخ rokh) is a piece in the strategy board game of chess.
A rook on the seventh rank (the opponent's second rank) is usually very powerful, as it threatens the opponent's unadvanced pawns and hems in the enemy king.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_%28chess%29

  
 IBM Research Deep Blue Overview
Most games in chess tournaments are played at specific rates of play, the most common being 40 moves by each player in two hours each.
Rook-odds means that one player removes a rook before the start of the game.
The form of chess notation by using a combination of letters and numbers - a to h and 1 to 8 - which denote the 64 squares on a board.
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 Chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chess, sometimes also known as international chess, is a board game and mental sport for 2 players.
Chess variants are forms of chess where the game is played with a different board, special fairy pieces or different rules.
Chess openings are a sequence of moves, often memorized, which will help a player build up their position and prepare for the middlegame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess

  
 Rules of chess - Chess rules for playing chess
The chess players move on a square chessboard made up of 64 individual squares consisting of 32 dark squares and 32 light squares.
This chess rule is often overlooked and ignored but you'll impress your opponent and on-watchers with your respect for the tradition of the game of chess.
These chess rules are intended to help our visitors and customers new to the chess game, get the chessboard setup correctly along with enough instruction and knowledge of the chess rules to have a legitimate and enjoyable game.
http://www.thechessstore.com/category/rulesofchess

  
 Chess - Online Guide
Japanese Chess or Shogi or Sho-gi or "The Generals Game" has a major innovation over other games in the Chess family: Pieces when taken are allowed back onto the board.
The board omits the river of Chinese Chess and some of the moves are slightly different but probably the most significant difference is that players can "pass" their go if they wish.
Giant Chess sets can be obtained from Masters Traditional Games.
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm

  
 Mainz Chess Classic 2001: The Rules of Fischer Random Chess
Of necessity, In F.R. Chess the castling rule is somewhat modified and broadened to allow for the possibility of each player castling either on or into his or her left side or on or into his or her right side of the board from all of these 960 starting positions.
At the start of every game of F.R. Chess, both players Pawns are set up exactly as they are at the start of every game of Classical Chess.
Once the heretofore-unmoved Rook standing to the left of the unmoved White King has moved, White is not allowed to "a"-side castle (0-0-0) for the rest of the game.
http://www.frankfurtwest.de/ChessClassic/cc03/e/c960/rules.htm

  
 Chess Variant Applets
Number of players is probably comparable to FIDE chess players.
Proprietary game with board 10x10 and four suits of chess cards.
Progressive Circe chess, units returning as in the standard non-progressive game, waiting if necessary until the square becomes open.
http://www.pathguy.com/chess/ChessVar.htm

  
 How to play Thai Chess
You have to count your chess pieces and your opponent pieces altogether then start counting the next number.
I think I have lost all of my chess skills but I can still remember how to play.
Met is always used to attack the opponent and sometimes also used for protecting khun same as khon.
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 Chess is Fun
The rook can move any number of squares in straight line, horizontally or vertically, but the rook may not jump a piece of either color.
In the diagram, the rook can move to any square marked with an "X" As you can see, the rook captures as it moves.
The rook can capture the enemy bishop or the knight, but it may not jump over these pieces.
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/basics3.html

  
 "The Rook" in Chess
The Rook is also dangerous in a position where the Rook can be transferred (called a 'Rook Luft') from one side of the board to the other side of the board on an open rank.
The Rook is probably representative of the "Elephant" in warfare.
One of the most common checkmates an unwary or very inexperienced player will fall into is letting a piece mate him on his (or her) first row when the player's own pawns block the escape of the King.
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 Metamorph Chess
The Knight moves as the Knight in Chess, jumping in an L shape, two spaces forward and one to the side.
When a simple non-royal piece (Knight, Rook, or Bishop) is attacked, it may promote to a compound piece by moving to an empty square.
It moves forward one space, but is allowed a double move on its first move.
http://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/metamorph.html

  
 Xiangqi
Xiangqi is a much livelier game than Chess.
To make this excellent game more attractive to the rest of the world, we have styled it to look more like Chess.
The queen (or guard) moves one square diagonally (as in Shatranj).
http://www.crockford.com/chess/xiangqi.html

  
 Rook chess piece
chess page offer a large variety of exotic and popular tournaments and games.
The valid fast way to rest time and catch luck is rook chess piece.
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 Rook Square Chess
If you had a Java-capable browser, you could play Rook Square Chess here.
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 3D c4d rook chess chessman
KEYWORDS: rook castle chess chessman chessmen sports board c4d games Cinema4D game sport pieces
Simple materials applied to polygon selection tags making it easy to replace materials with your own.Works with all versions of Cinema4D between v6-8+.
To see all available pieces search for claudez27.
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 White Rook chess piece on Tilepix Ceramic Photo tile
White Rook chess piece on Tilepix Ceramic Photo tile
Our collection of chess pieces on decorative ceramic photo tiles
http://www.tilepix.com/gallery/singles/chess/white_rook.htm

  
 Internet Chess Club: Where the Grandmasters Play Online Chess
The beauty and complexity of the games played by eight elite championship contenders has already delighted ICC chess fans and brought a teeming and enthusiastic audience to ICC and Chess.FM's coverage.
ICC has over 500 free tournaments every week!
ICC coverage of FIDE's World Chess Championship is underway, kicking off a new epoch in world chess.
http://www.chessclub.com

  
 MAXON Computer Cinema 4D Tutorials: Modeling a Rook
Step 9: Move the sphere to the top center of the rook as shown.
For the personal and/or professional use of Cinema 4D users only.
You now have your basic shape for the rook.
http://www.maxoncomputer.com/tutorial_detail.asp?tutorialID=124&site=

  
 Board games, check mate, chessboards, 3d chess, checkmate, chess board, board
Board games, check mate, chessboards, 3d chess, checkmate, chess board, board
These chessboards have been sold around the world for over 15 years.
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 Clamp
Chess Pieces: [King] Kamui Shirou (X), [Pawn] Mokona-Modoki x 2
Chess Pieces: [King] Syaoran Li (Tsubasa), [Pawn] Mokona-Modoki x 2
Chess Pieces: [Rook] Chi (Chobits), [Knight] Akira Ijyuin (Man of Many Faces), [Pawn] Mokona-Modoki
http://www.tokyopop.com/news/cards/clamp/clamp_card.html

  
 The Chinese Chess Rook
It has been said that if one moves his/her rook within the first two moves of the game, he/she is at least a second class player.
The chariot is an excellent tool of attack as well as defense.
Often, it can be used as a screen for the cannon.
http://endor.hsutx.edu/~chemist/ROOK.HTM

  
 Chess21 - Shop - Product - Enciclopaedia of Chess Endings - Rook (Part II)
Two main indexes follow, one for type of ending and the other for players and study composers.
Rook Endings (Part 2): The Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings is the stellar five-volume series by Chess Informant.
Enciclopaedia of Chess Endings - Rook (Part II)
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 Chess- A Rook sacrifice
A game I played against Mac OSX's built-in chess program (which is, I
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 Solution for /competition/games/chess/rook.paths
* * Contraints: The rook may not passover a square it has already visited.
/*********************** * RookPaths.c * By: David Blume * dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Predecrement David) * * How many unique ways can a rook move from the bottom left corner * of a m * n chess board to the top right right?
*/ #define kAllowDownLeft /* Whether or not to allow the rook to move D or L */ /* Visual feedback defines...
http://rec-puzzles.org/sol.pl/competition/games/chess/rook.paths

  
 AKV ROOK AND LADDER CHESS CLUB LOWER BURRELL NEW KENSINGTON PITTSBURGH PA USCF USCHESS
Come learn to be a better Chess Player or just join us in a game of Chess.
MEETINGS held every 2nd Saturday 11am - 1pm.
AKV ROOK AND LADDER CHESS CLUB LOWER BURRELL NEW KENSINGTON PITTSBURGH PA USCF USCHESS
http://www.rookandladder.org

  
 3D 3ds rook chess piece
as Pergem Software, this asset has been made for a chess game that was done to allow us study 3d technics, so not published anywhere for anything
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 Acclaim Images - rook chess piece photos, stock photos, pictures, rook chess piece stock photography
rook chess piece posters and prints - rook chess piece clipart
rook chess piece photos, stock photos, pictures, rook chess piece stock photography
Acclaim Images - rook chess piece photos, stock photos, pictures, rook chess piece stock photography
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 Chocolate Rook Chess Piece (Case of 50)
You receive 50 rook pieces in each case.
Make a sweet move with our 2" tall chocolate rook chess piece.
You can choose from a variety of foil colors including gold, silver, red, blue, green, orange and yellow
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 Debossed Rook Chess Bag w/ loop and Handle
Debossed Rook Chess Bag w/ loop and Handle
Chess Pieces store inside, Chess board stores in loop at base.
Top has added handle for ease of carrying.
http://www.chessset.com/chesbagwloop1.html

  
 Records for Rook (Chess) (in MARION)
More white rooks / by Alain C. White.
Original manuscript ready for the printer of The white rooks.
CALL NUMBER: [Chess] QC20.7.G7 W35 1994a -- Reference -- NonCirculating
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 Chess Pawn - Chess Rook: Pink Products Online Wedding Store
Chess Pawn - Chess Rook: Pink Products Online Wedding Store
Non personalised products are delivered within 7-10 working days if not sooner, click here for more infomation.
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