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rook or
rooks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rook or
rooks may
refer to:
Rook (bird) (Corvus frugilegus), a bird of the
corvid family Rook (chess)...
- 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...
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Charles Rooking Carter (10
March 1822 – 22 July 1896) was a New
Zealand contractor, politician, and
philanthropist from England.
Carter was born in Kendal...
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Michael Rooker (born
April 6, 1955) is an
American actor who
mainly plays roles of antagonists. He
first rose to
prominence for
portraying the titular...
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Rook is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: Ada
Rook,
Canadian musician Alan
Rook (1909-1990),
editor of the 1936
issue of New Oxford...
- The
rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a
member of the
family Corvidae in the p****erine
order of birds. It is
found in the Palearctic, its
range extending from...
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rook on the same rank and then
moving the
rook to the
square that the king p****ed over.
Castling is
permitted only if
neither the king nor the
rook has...
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Terry Brent Rooker Jr. (born
November 1, 1994) is an
American professional baseball outfielder and
designated hitter for the
Athletics of
Major League...
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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...
- The
rook and pawn
versus rook endgame is a
fundamentally important,
widely studied chess endgame.
Precise play is
usually required in
these positions...
