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Lesson 4

Lesson goals:

 Introducing the Rook
 The value of the Rook
 How the Rook moves and captures
 How the Rook can/should fight against Pawns

Introduce the Rook. Each side has two Rooks. Their starting positions are a1 and h1 for White and a8 and
h8 for Black.

What does a Rook look like? A tower or castle

Value = 5 Points or equivalent to 5 Pawns

The Rook moves on “tracks like a train”. Always in straight lines, up, down, left, or right.

See examples of how to capture 8 Pawns (with no other pieces on the board, only White moves) with the
Rook.
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(
7zppzppzppzpp'
6-+ +-+-+&

5+-+-+-+-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+-+-+-+-#

2-+ +-+-+"
1+-+-+-+R!
xabcdefghy
Solution: The Rook can capture all the Black Pawns, in the following order: h7, g7, f7, e7, d7, c7, b7 and
a7. Here is another example:
XABCDEFGHY

8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+-+p+p'
6p+-zp-+ +&
5+-+-+-+-%

4-+-zp-zp-+$
3+p+-+-+p#
2-+-+-+ +"
1tR-+-+-+-!

xabcdefghy

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