WEBVTT 00:01.050 --> 00:01.810 Hi there. 00:02.040 --> 00:05.400 In this next year, we're going to have a look at the so-called rock. 00:06.120 --> 00:11.370 So the rock looks like a castle, but please call it a rock, not a castle. 00:13.020 --> 00:15.030 Most experts call it a rock. 00:17.430 --> 00:20.470 It looks like a castle for sure, but it is actually rock. 00:20.730 --> 00:21.900 So how does the rock move? 00:21.930 --> 00:28.510 Well, the rock moves in straight lines, either vertically or horizontally. 00:29.040 --> 00:31.490 Now, you can't capture your own pieces. 00:31.500 --> 00:35.340 So the rock really has this square. 00:35.370 --> 00:35.850 This square. 00:35.850 --> 00:36.270 This square. 00:36.270 --> 00:36.660 This square. 00:36.660 --> 00:37.980 That's quite the square, but not the king. 00:37.980 --> 00:39.680 It's blocked by the king. 00:40.920 --> 00:46.350 If it goes to I'd say it's actually putting the opponent's king in so-called check and the opponent 00:46.350 --> 00:47.470 will have to do something about that. 00:48.360 --> 00:54.350 So I'll give you an example, Rakhimov, which is legal, this one is not the legal rock move. 00:54.360 --> 00:54.780 This one. 00:56.610 --> 00:57.090 This one. 00:57.540 --> 01:01.490 But we can't go over our own king so we can move horizontally. 01:01.530 --> 01:04.170 We can also move vertically like this. 01:05.730 --> 01:11.370 Now, if we checked the opponent, they would have to vote, they can we can keep him moving horizontally, 01:12.050 --> 01:13.270 we can move vertically. 01:14.820 --> 01:17.610 Now, this this pawn let's have a look at this pawn. 01:17.640 --> 01:21.120 What happens if we move our rook there and then move there? 01:21.660 --> 01:26.940 You can't take your own pawn, so you can only move here, these two squares. 01:28.020 --> 01:31.050 So we can move here or we can move here. 01:31.590 --> 01:33.000 We're blocked in by our own pawn. 01:33.600 --> 01:35.460 Now, what about the opponents pawn? 01:37.290 --> 01:39.860 Let's say we move there and they move their king here. 01:40.560 --> 01:44.730 Do you think we're actually blocked by the opponent's pawn or can we take it? 01:46.050 --> 01:48.150 Well, actually, we can snap off the opponents pawn. 01:48.150 --> 01:49.130 We can actually take it. 01:49.890 --> 01:55.050 Yeah, it's only our own pawns which block our opponents pawns we can take. 01:55.440 --> 01:59.220 And it's not like a pawn, you know, blocked by something in front of it. 02:01.200 --> 02:06.380 So as an example, so we move the rook here and they brought the king here and we moved here and they 02:06.390 --> 02:15.690 move on, moved and they move there and we went here and they weren't here attacking the rock that's 02:15.690 --> 02:18.540 going to take the king can take like that, threatening to take. 02:19.710 --> 02:23.370 We could actually we're not blocked by that point. 02:23.370 --> 02:25.260 We can take we can take that pawn. 02:27.240 --> 02:32.340 So unlike pawns, you know, the rooks can actually take what's in front of them. 02:32.790 --> 02:40.770 It's the pawns which block all the rooks, go horizontally and vertically and can take things like Septime 02:40.770 --> 02:41.130 pawns. 02:42.630 --> 02:44.760 We're only blocked by our own pawns. 02:44.760 --> 02:46.980 They say, Chac, we can't go over here. 02:47.250 --> 02:48.630 We can't skip over the pawn. 02:48.630 --> 02:49.770 We can't jump over the pawn. 02:50.490 --> 02:53.820 The knights, which will come to you later, can jump over, but we can only go here. 02:55.050 --> 02:57.030 But when when we move our pawn. 02:57.030 --> 03:00.780 Yeah we can go Henno next month we can go there. 03:02.610 --> 03:05.580 So I hope this gives a events. 03:05.760 --> 03:08.580 It reminds me of slot races I used to play with my brother. 03:08.580 --> 03:11.610 Is that rooks on this kind of grid. 03:11.610 --> 03:16.770 You know, it's like so horizontals and verticals basically. 03:17.520 --> 03:18.450 And you know what? 03:18.450 --> 03:19.920 It's it's kind of interesting. 03:19.920 --> 03:27.750 You can get access to any color of square certain pieces which will come to, you know, you can't take 03:27.750 --> 03:30.200 that for granted like the bishops generally have. 03:30.280 --> 03:32.700 They have to stay on their own color of square. 03:33.090 --> 03:38.220 But the rook visit, you know, the color of the white square or the black square. 03:39.420 --> 03:42.510 And so, you know, it's got some special traits. 03:44.160 --> 03:49.830 And the beautiful thing about the rook, once you understand the rook and also the bishop, you kind 03:49.830 --> 03:53.760 of understand the queen because the queen is like a rook combined together. 03:53.760 --> 03:56.340 The superpowers are both combined together. 03:56.850 --> 04:03.210 Now, you know, I want to give you a more complicated example, but this is the general example. 04:03.210 --> 04:08.670 I hope you can review this video and get an idea of what you can and can't do with rocks. 04:10.200 --> 04:13.950 So one other thing. 04:13.950 --> 04:18.720 You know, if we're checking, the opponent has to has to move. 04:19.590 --> 04:21.300 So then we get an alternate if. 04:22.080 --> 04:26.130 Yeah, just make sure you're playing games which are legal with your friends. 04:26.250 --> 04:31.170 They do have to move their king if you check or they can put something in front, but they do have to 04:31.170 --> 04:33.510 address the checks from the rocks. 04:33.930 --> 04:36.300 OK, so anyway, I hope you got the gist. 04:36.300 --> 04:38.490 It's a horizontal vertical movements. 04:38.490 --> 04:40.230 You're blocked by your own pawns. 04:40.230 --> 04:43.740 You can take the opponent's pawns, unlike the pawn of there's a pawn in front. 04:43.740 --> 04:44.910 You can just snap it off. 04:45.210 --> 04:47.640 Nothing of the opponent can get in the way. 04:47.640 --> 04:49.470 It's only your own stuff that gets in the way. 04:49.920 --> 04:51.600 So, yes, very, very interesting piece. 04:51.600 --> 04:55.950 Pretty straightforward, straight or a cross. 04:55.950 --> 04:58.350 It's either straightforward or a cross. 04:58.350 --> 04:59.430 Okay, pompons. 04:59.880 --> 05:01.890 OK, that's much.