In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially holding its ground for an entire match ...

The actual solution for the chess piece puzzle on Story A for both Leon and Claire is found by process of elimination based on the clue attached to the wall. The clue reads: Pretty sure the rook ...

The rook in question certainly wasn't the first chess piece ever created, but it may be the oldest found to date. John Peter Oleson Almost 30 years after its discovery, a small sandstone figurine ...

"Hola, ajedrez" means "Hello, chess" in Spanish ... like your knight or rook, in four moves or fewer. You can access hints for each lesson, but if you get something wrong, your opponent will ...

The only good thing about chess is when people reinvent it to make it better, like in Defend The Rook, a roguelike tactical tower defense game with story and characters and magic. Set on a chess ...

Almost three years after the premiere of the popular Netflix show The Queen's Gambit, the streaming giant released The Queen's Gambit Chess, a game based on the series, on Tuesday. You can play ...

rook or queen. A pawn can become any of these pieces regardless of whether the player has previously captured one. Rank — A row on the chessboard. Rapid game — A fixed-time chess game in which ...

Chess is believed to have originated in India about 1,500 years ago before quickly spreading westward and beyond. Oleson and his colleagues discovered the "rook" while excavating an ancient site ...