In medieval Shatranj, the tower symbolized a chariot. The Persian word rukh means “chariot”[11], and the corresponding coin in the original Indian version, chaturanga, is called ratha (meaning “chariot”). In modern times, for Hindi-speaking players, it is best known as हाथी (elephant), while East Asian chess games such as Xiangqi and Shogi have names that also mean chariots (車) for the same figure. [12] In the past, the tower (from persian رخ rokh/rukh, meaning “chariot”) was alternately called tower, margrave, rector and come (count or count). [1] The term “castle” is considered informal, false or old-fashioned. [2] [3] “Listen, listen,” says everyone except the crow who hated the tower. Rook (Third-Person Singular simple present rooks, present participle rooking, simple past and past participle rooked) Two rounds in seventh place are often enough to force the victory of the blind pig partner or at least a draw by eternal control. [9] From the Dutch Rook (“Rauch”), from the Middle Dutch rôoc, from the Old Dutch *rōk, from the Proto-Germanic *raukiz. Seed crows usually look like small castles; Therefore, a tower is sometimes called a “castle”[15], although modern chess literature rarely, if ever, uses this term. [16] Chess rounds often appear as heraldic charges. Heraldic tricks are usually shown as they looked in medieval chess, with the usual battlements being replaced by two horns curved outwards. They occur in the poor from about the 13th century.
A common strategic goal is to develop a tower at the forefront of an open file (i.e. one that is not hindered by a player`s pawn) or a semi-open file (i.e. that is not hindered by friendly pawns). From this position, the tower is exposed to relatively little risk, but can exercise control over each square of the file. If a file is particularly large, a player can advance one tower on it, then position the other tower behind it – and double the turns. In the opening, the towers are blocked by other characters and cannot immediately participate in the game, so it is usually desirable to connect your towers to the first rank by castrating and then removing all the figures except the king and the towers of the first rank. In this position, the towers support each other and can move more easily to occupy and control the cheapest files. Nepomniachtchi`s position looked promising from the beginning, with a strong bishop patrolling a lot of space and a tower monitoring file a, with the column covering the western edge of the painting. From Middle English roke, rock, rok (“Fog; Steam; Drizzle; Smoke; Dämpfe”), from Old Norse *rauk, related to the Icelandic rok, roka (“Tourbillon; Sea moss; seaspray”), rooc, rok, modern Dutch tower (“smoke; Fog”). The tower (/rʊk/, ♖ ♜ ) is a chess figure. He can move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and he can conquer an enemy piece on his way; In addition, he can participate in the Rochade. Each player starts the game with two turns, one in each corner on their own side of the board.
In some languages, the tower is called ship: Thai เรือ (reūa), Armenian Նավակ (navak), Russian ладья (ladya), Javanese ꦥꦿꦲꦸ (prahu). This may be due to the use of an Arabic-style V-shaped tower piece, which some might have confused with a ship. [17] [18] [19] [20] Reproduction may have come from Sanskrit roka (ship); However, no chaturanga piece has ever been called Roka. Murray argued that the Javanese could not imagine a chariot moving through the jungle like a tower. The only vehicle that moved was Ship, so they replaced it with Prahu. Murray, however, gave no explanation as to why the Russians call the coin a “ship.” [20] To the west, the tower is represented almost everywhere as a crenellated tower. The coin is called torre (“tower”) in Italian, Portuguese, Catalan and Spanish; Tour in French; torn in Dutch; tower on German; torn in Swedish; and torni in Finnish. In Hungarian, it is bástya (“bastion”) and in Hebrew it is called צריח (tsriʾaḥ, meaning “tower”).
[14] In lewis` collection of medieval chess pieces at the British Museum, seed crows appear as strict guardians or wild-eyed Berserker warriors. A tower is a black crow-like bird that lives in northern Europe. To hit someone is to deceive them, like a sneaky old crow. And in chess, the tower is the figure that looks like a tower or a castle. You can tell the difference between a tower and a crow, both members of the Corvus bird family, by the pale skin around the beak of a tower in front of its eyes and the shaggy feathers around its legs. Urban seed crows, like their crow cousins, prefer areas close to human activities where they can pick food – although they also eat earthworms and insects. You`re more likely to see seed parks in northern Europe, Iceland, and parts of Scandinavia (or 🙂 on a chessboard. A tower in seventh place (the opponent`s second rank) is usually very powerful as it threatens the opponent`s unsolicited pawns and fringes in the opposing king. A tower in seventh place is often considered sufficient compensation for a farmer. [6] In the position depicted in a match between Lev Polugaevsky and Larry Evans,[7] the tower in seventh place allowed White to shoot, although it was a pawn sacrifice.
[8] Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi were trapped in a complicated battle for space and material in the southwest corner of the plateau – an asymmetrical, queen and bishop battle against towers and knights. The tower is adept at delivering ladies. Below are some examples of easy-to-apply tower checkmates. Seed crows are most powerful towards the end of a game (i.e. the end of the game) when they can move freely from pawns and control a large number of fields.