A Quote by Howard Staunton
In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed.
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I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available for said move- you should evaluate which rook to move and, once you have made up your mind... MOVE THE OTHER ONE!!!
In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance of one of its own pawns to the queening square.
The only good Rook is a working Rook!
It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.
Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.
The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.
For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty.
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.
First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.
If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens.
I'm a big card guy. I play Rook, Liverpool Rummy - love that. I play Pac-Man, shoot pool.
Sometimes principles must be quitted without blinking en eye to discover the new paths!
A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces.
The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper use of levers.
As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
Are you badly hurt?" "Hideously," said the king, without sounding injured at all. "I am disemboweled. My insides may in an instant become my outsides as I stand here before you.
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