Rook (chess) Rook (chess) A rook (; ♖,♜) is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece (from Persian رخ "rokh"/"rukh") was called the "tower", "marquess", "rector", and "comes" . The term "castle" is considered informal, incorrect, or old-fashioned. Each player starts the game with two rooks, one on each of the corner squares on their own side of the board. The white rooks start on squares a1 and h1, while the black rooks start on a8 and h8. The rook moves horizontally or vertically, through any number of unoccupied squares (see diagram). As with captures by other
Battle Chess: Game of Kings Battle Chess: Game of Kings Battle Chess: Game of Kings is a video game developed by Olde Skuul for publisher Interplay Entertainment. The Early access version was released on Steam on March 16, 2014. A complete version of the game was released on December 12, 2015. It is a remake of the 1988 video game "Battle Chess", which was co-developed by Interplay and Blizzard Entertainment. The game is graphically updated from the original "Battle Chess" and features many new styles of gameplay. The game is played via turn-based multiplayer and allows the player to compete at a scalable difficulty against