[Event "Level 1: Rook"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/4v31E6Ve/2Twx1mrX"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/sharath_dt"] [FEN "6k1/8/8/3R4/8/8/8/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2020.04.14"] [UTCTime "14:38:17"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/4v31E6Ve/2Twx1mrX"] [Orientation "white"] { The word Rook came from a Sanskrit word called Rath which means a chariot. In ancient times, Rook was called an ‘Elephant‘. That explains why the Rook moves horizontally and vertically but not diagonally! Have you seen an Elephant walking diagonally?! Rook can move to any number of squares in horizontal and vertical directions. Rook can go to all the highlighted squares. } { [%csl Gd6,Gd7,Gd8,Ge5,Gf5,Gg5,Gh5,Gd4,Gd3,Gd2,Gd1,Gc5,Gb5,Ga5] } *