Opposing Rook player's opponent is playing Static Rook, then the Opposing Rook player's rook will be on the same file as the opponent and the rooks will...

Direct Opposing Rook Basic Formation ☖ pieces in hand: 角 ☗ pieces in hand: 角 Direct Opposing Rook (ダイレクト向かい飛車 dairekuto mukai hisha) is an Opposing Rook (Ranging...

American Opposing Rook ☖ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: – American Opposing Rook (メリケン向かい飛車 meriken mukai hisha) is an Opposing Rook (Ranging Rook) opening...

Sakata Opposing Rook ☖ pieces in hand: 角 ☗ pieces in hand: 角 In shogi, Sakata Opposing Rook (阪田流向かい飛車 or 坂田流向かい飛車 sakata-ryū mukai hisha) is an Opposing Rook...

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

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...

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...

rank of the defending rook, the rook moves to its eighth rank to check the opposing king from behind (assuming that the opposing rook is not on that rank)...

rook and pawn versus a rook, if the pawn is not too far advanced. In that case, the best place for the opposing rook is in front of the pawn. Rooks are...

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...

Exchange Ranging Rook. In the First-Move R-78 strategy, Opposing Rook, Bishop Exchange Fourth Rook File, etc., the Cozy castle and Back Rank Rook are sometimes...

P-86. Black will develop an Opposing Rook attack up the eighth file, which the pawn push prepares for. 5. R-88. Opposing Rook. 5...P-64. White pushes the...

passed pawn is a pawn with no opposing pawns to prevent it from advancing to the eighth rank; i.e. there are no opposing pawns in front of it on either...

Bear-in-the-hole Static Rook vs Mino Opposing Rook ☖ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: – In shogi, Bear-in-the-hole Static Rook or Anaguma Static Rook (居飛車穴熊 ibisha...

difference of a rook for a minor piece (i.e. a bishop or knight). Having a rook for a minor piece is generally advantageous, since the rook is usually more...

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...

File Rook vs Static Rook ☖ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: – Black (sente) is using a classic Ranging Rook position (Fourth File Rook). The rook has...

Sleeve Rook, Wrong Diagonal Bishop, Right Fourth File Rook, and the Ranging Rook openings – Central Rook, Fourth File Rook, Third File Rook, and Opposing Rook...

Jeffrey William Rooker, Baron Rooker PC (born 5 June 1941) is a British politician and life peer who served as a government minister from 1997 to 2008...

for the player to explore. The story follows a player character known as Rook who was recruited by Varric Tethras to help him stop Solas, also known as...

In shogi, the Tonari opening (都成流 tonari-ryū) is a Ranging Rook surprise opening that was invented by professional Ryūma Tonari. It was presented on the...

also captured Takeichi's pawn on the seventh file. Takeichi played an Opposing Rook position with his bishop on the central file. Uncommon Variant for Black...

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...

square of its pawn the attacking rook cuts off the opposing king from the pawn by at least one file the defending rook is on the file on the other side...

Static Rook (居飛車 ibisha) openings is one of two major opening strategies in shogi. In the opening, the major piece of the rook fights from its starting...

one of its rook pawns, but it also occurs with a rook versus a bishop, a rook and one rook pawn versus a bishop, and possibly with a rook and one bishop...

(2.b4). Arabian mate A checkmate that occurs when the knight and rook trap the opposing king in a corner. arbiter An official responsible for overseeing...

strong elements of Opposing Rook openings. In a typical static rook vs. ranging rook game, ranging rook defends from static rook's rook pawn by way of the...

can now play Opposing Rook. 10. R-88. Black swings their rook over to the eighth file for an Opposing Rook position. Since White's rook is unprotected...

formation that may be used within both Ranging Rook and Static Rook positions against both Ranging Rook and Static Rook opponents. The castle has several variants...