Hi there.
In this next year, we're going to have a look at the so-called rock.
So the rock looks like a castle, but please call it a rock, not a castle.
Most experts call it a rock.
It looks like a castle for sure, but it is actually rock.
So how does the rock move?
Well, the rock moves in straight lines, either vertically or horizontally.
Now, you can't capture your own pieces.
So the rock really has this square.
This square.
That's quite the square, but not the king.
It's blocked by the king.
If it goes to I'd say it's actually putting the opponent's king in so-called check and the opponent
will have to do something about that.
So I'll give you an example, Rakhimov, which is legal, this one is not the legal rock move.
This one.
But we can't go over our own king so we can move horizontally.
We can also move vertically like this.
Now, if we checked the opponent, they would have to vote, they can we can keep him moving horizontally,
we can move vertically.
Now, this this pawn let's have a look at this pawn.
What happens if we move our rook there and then move there?
You can't take your own pawn, so you can only move here, these two squares.
So we can move here or we can move here.
We're blocked in by our own pawn.
Now, what about the opponents pawn?
Let's say we move there and they move their king here.
Do you think we're actually blocked by the opponent's pawn or can we take it?
Well, actually, we can snap off the opponents pawn.
We can actually take it.
Yeah, it's only our own pawns which block our opponents pawns we can take.
And it's not like a pawn, you know, blocked by something in front of it.
So as an example, so we move the rook here and they brought the king here and we moved here and they
move on, moved and they move there and we went here and they weren't here attacking the rock that's
going to take the king can take like that, threatening to take.
We could actually we're not blocked by that point.
We can take we can take that pawn.
So unlike pawns, you know, the rooks can actually take what's in front of them.
It's the pawns which block all the rooks, go horizontally and vertically and can take things like Septime
pawns.
We're only blocked by our own pawns.
They say, Chac, we can't go over here.
We can't skip over the pawn.
We can't jump over the pawn.
The knights, which will come to you later, can jump over, but we can only go here.
But when when we move our pawn.
Yeah we can go Henno next month we can go there.
So I hope this gives a events.
It reminds me of slot races I used to play with my brother.
Is that rooks on this kind of grid.
You know, it's like so horizontals and verticals basically.
And you know what?
It's it's kind of interesting.
You can get access to any color of square certain pieces which will come to, you know, you can't take
that for granted like the bishops generally have.
They have to stay on their own color of square.
But the rook visit, you know, the color of the white square or the black square.
And so, you know, it's got some special traits.
And the beautiful thing about the rook, once you understand the rook and also the bishop, you kind
of understand the queen because the queen is like a rook combined together.
The superpowers are both combined together.
Now, you know, I want to give you a more complicated example, but this is the general example.
I hope you can review this video and get an idea of what you can and can't do with rocks.
So one other thing.
You know, if we're checking, the opponent has to has to move.
So then we get an alternate if.
Yeah, just make sure you're playing games which are legal with your friends.
They do have to move their king if you check or they can put something in front, but they do have to
address the checks from the rocks.
OK, so anyway, I hope you got the gist.
It's a horizontal vertical movements.
You're blocked by your own pawns.
You can take the opponent's pawns, unlike the pawn of there's a pawn in front.
You can just snap it off.
Nothing of the opponent can get in the way.
It's only your own stuff that gets in the way.
So, yes, very, very interesting piece.
Pretty straightforward, straight or a cross.
It's either straightforward or a cross.
Okay, pompons.
OK, that's much.