rook

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But on the 55th move, Ding committed a fatal blunder – moving his rook into a position to be taken.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

At the far end of one row, Officer Richard Kruse claimed an easy victory over Jessie Milo after knocking his rook out with a bishop.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

Nd5!!, putting a knight en prise with a rook already hanging in order to run down the Black king.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2023

“If you make the right moves in the right steps, it can become a rook, it can become a queen, it can become a bishop,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

And now I can recall the picture of the grey old house of God rising calm before me, of a rook wheeling round the steeple, of a ruddy morning sky beyond.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë