Rooks: They can move straight forward, backwards or sideways, but they cannot jump over a piece.
In tournaments and competitions there will also be recordings of each move a player makes in case any questions on play may come up later in review of the game. Chess is a game of critical thinking and strategy. It is not a very fast paced game so therefore it is fairly easy to be able to make all necessary recordings of each players move.
You can tell that the Fort Knox Variation is solid just by hearing its name. It has all of the perks of the French Defense but without the eternal headache of the bishop on c8. Instead of having to deal with the development of the terrible bishop later on, black chooses to spend two tempi moving the bishop to the more productive c6 square. There are no weaknesses in … Read More