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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Dead Pool (redirect from Harlan Rook)
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...
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The rook and pawn versus rook endgame is a fundamentally important, widely studied chess endgame. Precise play is usually required in these positions...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Chess endgame (section Rook and pawn versus rook)
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...
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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...
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Arthur Rook may refer to: Arthur Rook (equestrian) (1921–1989), English equestrian and Olympic champion Arthur Rook (dermatologist) (1918–1991), British...
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Glossary of chess (redirect from Rook pawn)
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...
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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...
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reactivates Rook, who discloses that the xenomorph captured by the station killed the station's crew. Although Tyler removes the facehugger, Rook warns it...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Lucena position (section Rook pawn)
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...
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"White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. White moves first, followed...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Tarrasch rule (redirect from Rooks behind pawns)
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...
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Pawnless chess endgame (redirect from Queen versus rook)
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...
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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...
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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...
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