white rook
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In chess, a white rook is one of the two castle-shaped pieces belonging to the player with the light-colored pieces.
Rooks move in straight lines across ranks and files, and each player starts with two—one in each corner.
The distinction matters in chess problems and notation: The white rook on a1 hasn't moved yet.
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Chess set's shadowed half
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