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In chess what is another name for the Castle?

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In chess what is another name for the Castle?
posted Feb 25, 2017 by Deepika Jain

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The piece that looks like a "castle" is called a "rook".

A rook (♖ ♜ borrowed from Persian, rokh) is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece was called the tower, marquess, rector, and comes (Sunnucks 1970). The term castle is considered informal, incorrect, or old-fashioned.

answer Feb 27, 2017 by Manikandan J
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