> > Okay, how come the little castle in chess is called a "rook?" Does it have anything to do with the card game Rook? Is there really a bird called a Rook? I wonder if it is related to the Rink?
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> 1) Because the name comes from the Arabic word "rukh", which I assume means a castle, or whatever that chess piece used to represent.
> 2) No idea.
> 3) Yes. It's similar to a crow.
> 4) See answer 2.
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> Brunnen-"you can't tell a rook by its hover"G

I can't claim to know anything more than Arabic-esque phrases from Dune, but in several fantasy games/novels a "Rukh" is a (very) large bird-might have something to do with "Roc", actually.

Had I kept this to myself, it would probably have been right, but now that I've posted it, it will inevitably be proven wrong. Sigh. Reality is relative.

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