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ルーク

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Also known as R, castle, tower, marquess, rector, comes, Rook (chess)

チェスの駒

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A rook is a chess piece shaped like a castle tower that moves in straight lines across any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically. It is one of the most powerful pieces in chess because of its ability to control long distances on the board, making it valuable for both attacking and defending.

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Vinony's link graph records 764 inbound references to ルーク, and connects out to Kannada, Serbo-Croatian and Alekhine's gun.

It sits within the topics Castles, Chess pieces and Culture articles needing translation from Portuguese Wikipedia.

Vinony links it to 83 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Named after: tower
Sport: chess
Image: Chess piece - White rook.JPG

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Unicode character: ♜
short name: V
Stack Exchange tag: chess.stackexchange.com/tags/rooks
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Commons category: Chess rooks
Portable Game Notation: R

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Article · 日本語

ルーク (Rook、♖♜) はチェスの駒の一種。塔または城のような形をしている。城、戦車を表している。

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