Rook

The rook is one of the most universal pieces in chess variants: it exists in basically the same form in most (all?) historical and regional variations of chess.

Movement

The rook slides any number of squares along ranks or files. It cannot jump.

History

The rook appears in Chaturanga, which is usually held to be the original form of Chess. It occurs with the same move in Shatranj, Makruk, Xiangqi and Shogi. In most of these variants it also occipies the same place on the board: the corners.