rook

Summary

rook ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,920 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• tower is named after rook^[2].
• fortress is named after rook^[3].
• rook is a type of major piece^[4].
• rook is a type of long-range piece^[5].
• rook is part of chess terminology^[6].
• rook's Commons category is recorded as Chess rooks^[7].
• rook's Unicode character is recorded as ♖^[8].
• rook's Unicode character is recorded as ♜^[9].
• rook comprises black rook^[10].
• rook comprises white rook^[11].
• rook's sport is recorded as chess^[12].
• rook's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• rook's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• rook's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/rooks^[15].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'T'}^[16].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'sq', 'text': 'T'}^[17].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'T'}^[18].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Ն'}^[19].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'eu', 'text': 'G'}^[20].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Т'}^[21].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'T'}^[22].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'V'}^[23].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'T'}^[24].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'R'}^[25].
• rook's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'T'}^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include major piece^[4] and long-range piece^[5].

Origins

Things named after include tower^[2], a type of structure^[27] and fortress^[3].

Use and Application

Components include black rook^[10] and white rook^[11]. rook is part of chess terminology^[6].

Influence

Things named for rook include rook polynomial^[28] and rook's graph^[29], a mathematical chess problem^[30].

Why It Matters

rook ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,920 views/month).^[1] rook has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] rook is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for rook include rook polynomial^[28] and rook's graph^[29], a mathematical chess problem^[30].