up rook or rooks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rook or rooks may refer to: Rook (bird) (Corvus frugilegus), a bird of the corvid family Rook (chess)...

The rook (/rʊk/; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture...

The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from...

Rook is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ada Rook, Canadian musician Alan Rook (1909-1990), editor of the 1936 issue of New Oxford...

rook on the same rank and then moving the rook to the square that the king passed over. Castling is permitted only if neither the king nor the rook has...

Rook shooting was a previously popular sport in the United Kingdom, in which young rooks were shot from tree branches, often using purpose-built rifles...

confronts Rook holding Walker hostage. The detective surrenders his .44 Magnum revolver after Rook threatens to slit her throat. Callahan lures Rook to a pier...

The rook and pawn versus rook endgame is a fundamentally important, widely studied chess endgame. Precise play is usually required in these positions...

Rook is the name of a British rocket. Twenty five Rook rockets were launched between 1959 and 1972. The launches took place from Aberporth in Wales and...

Montes Rook is a ring-shaped mountain range that lies along the western limb of the Moon, crossing over to the far side. It completely encircles the Mare...

The rook rifle, originally called the rook and rabbit rifle, is an obsolete English single-shot small calibre rifle intended for shooting small game, particularly...

magazines. In the 1980s, the Rook gained his own comic magazine title of the same name, The Rook Magazine. In the 1990s, The Rook would be recreated in Harris...

versus a rook and (2) a rook and bishop versus a rook. A queen wins against a rook — see Pawnless chess endgame § Queen versus rook. A rook and bishop...

The rook and bishop versus rook endgame is a chess endgame where one player has just a king, a rook, and a bishop, and the other player has just a king...

Arthur Rook may refer to: Arthur Rook (equestrian) (1921–1989), English equestrian and Olympic champion Arthur Rook (dermatologist) (1918–1991), British...

rook to treat a half-open file as if it were an open file, or a closed file as if it were half-open. rook pawn Or rook's pawn. A pawn on the rook's file...

The Rook is an American television series, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Daniel O'Malley, and originally adapted by Stephenie Meyer. It...

reactivates Rook, who discloses that the xenomorph captured by the station killed the station's crew. Although Tyler removes the facehugger, Rook warns it...

A rook piercing is a perforation of the antihelix of the ear for the purpose of wearing jewelry. It is located just above the tragus on the ridge between...

The Rook is the 2012 debut novel of Australian author Daniel O'Malley. It follows protagonist Myfanwy Thomas as she attempts to re-integrate into her life...

Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as Christian cards or missionary cards, Rook playing...

position in chess endgame theory where one side has a rook and a pawn and the defender has a rook. Karsten Müller said that it may be the most important...

"White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. White moves first, followed...

combinatorial mathematics, a rook polynomial is a generating polynomial of the number of ways to place non-attacking rooks on a board that looks like a...

with only a rook defends against an opponent with a rook and a pawn. Philidor position may also refer to: a rook and bishop versus rook endgame position...

The .360 No. 5 Rook is an obsolete centerfire rifle cartridge. The .360 No. 5 Rook is a straight rimmed cartridge originally designed for hunting small...

that rooks should be placed behind passed pawns – either the player's or the opponent's. The idea behind the guideline is that (1) if a player's rook is...

king and rook versus king, and queen versus rook. Other cases that occur occasionally are (1) a rook and minor piece versus a rook and (2) a rook versus...

The Demon's Rook is a 2013 independent fantasy-horror film and the directorial debut of James Sizemore (who is also known under the pseudonym of Loup'Rah...

can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of...